Megna, Rosario http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5716-2137
Alfano, Bruno http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7315-3628
Lanzillo, Roberta http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6388-8180
Costabile, Teresa
Comerci, Marco
Vacca, Giovanni
Carotenuto, Antonio
Moccia, Marcello http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2613-3090
Servillo, Giuseppe http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4618-3434
Prinster, Anna http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2706-3071
Brescia Morra, Vincenzo http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2807-6483
Quarantelli, Mario http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7836-454X
Funding for this research was provided by:
FP7 Health (HEALTH-F2-2011-278850)
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (Strategic Project on Ageing)
Article History
Received: 29 August 2018
Revised: 7 November 2018
Accepted: 22 November 2018
First Online: 29 November 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: All human studies have been approved by the Institutional Review Board of the university “Federico II” and have therefore been performed in accordance with the ethical standards laid down in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments.
: All participants gave informed written consent.
: R.L. received personal fees for public speaking or consultancy from Merck, Novartis, Biogen, Genzyme, Teva and Almirall. V.B.M. received personal fees for public speaking or consultancy from Bayer, Mylan, Merck, Novartis, Biogen, Genzyme, Teva and Almirall. M.M. declares that he has received honoraria and support for travelling from Almirall, Coloplast, Genzyme and Merck Serono. R.M., B.A., T.C., M.C., G.V., A.C., A.P., G.S., and M.Q. declare that they have no conflict of interest.