Mission statement
The mission of the journal is to serve the need of the internist to practice up-to-date medicine and to keep track with important issues in health care. With this purpose we publish editorials, original articles, reviews, controversies, consensus reports, papers on speciality training and medical education, book reviews and correspondence.

Editorial information
Editor in chief
Anton F.H. Stalenhoef, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Department of General Internal Medicine, Nijmegen, the Netherlands

Associate editors
Joost P.H. Drenth, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
Jack F.M. Wetzels, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
Theo Thien, Nijmegen, the Netherlands

Editorial board
J.V. Bonventre, Massachusetts, USA
H. Brunner, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
S.A. Danner, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
J.T. van Dissel, Leiden, the Netherlands
J.P. Droz, Lyon, France
R.O.B. Gans, Groningen, the Netherlands
A.R.J. Girbes, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
D.E. Grobbee, Utrecht, the Netherlands
D.L. Kastner, Bethesda, USA
R.B.M. Landewe, Maastricht, the Netherlands
M.M. Levi, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
B. Lipsky, Seattle, USA
R.L.J.F. Loffeld, Zaandam, the Netherlands
Ph. Mackowiak, Baltimore, USA
J.W.M. van der Meer, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
G. Parati, Milan, Italy
A.J. Rabelink, Leiden, the Netherlands
D.J. Rader, Philadelphia, USA
J.A. Romijn, Leiden, the Netherlands
J.L.C.M. van Saase, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
P. Speelman, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
C.D.A. Stehouwer, Maastricht, the Netherlands
E. van der Wall, Utrecht, the Netherlands
R.G.J. Westendorp, Leiden, the Netherlands

Editorial office The Netherlands Journal of Medicine
Geeralien Derksen-Willemsen
Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre
Department of General Internal Medicine 541
PO Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen
The Netherlands
Tel.: +31 (0)24-361 04 59
Fax: +31 (0)24-354 17 34
E-mail: g.derksen@aig.umcn.nl
http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/nethjmed

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