Pietracupa, Sara
Bologna, Matteo
Bharti, Komal
Pasqua, Gabriele
Tommasin, Silvia
Elifani, Francesca
Paparella, Giulia
Petsas, Nikolaos
Grillea, Giovanni
Berardelli, Alfredo
Pantano, Patrizia
Article History
Received: 16 January 2019
Revised: 9 April 2019
Accepted: 6 May 2019
First Online: 28 May 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The scientific guarantor of this publication is Prof Patrizia Pantano.
: The authors of this manuscript declare no relationships with any companies whose products or services may be related to the subject matter of the article.
: No complex statistical methods were necessary for this paper.
: Written informed consent was obtained from all subjects (patients) in this study.
: Institutional Review Board approval was obtained.
: • Case-control study• Performed at one institution