Calabrò, Calogero
Di Tillo, Eliana
Pensato, Umberto
Zenesini, Corrado
Favoni, Valentina
Fontana, Camilla
Cevoli, Sabina
Tossani, Eliana
Cortelli, Pietro
Grandi, Silvana
Pierangeli, Giulia http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4845-0812
Funding for this research was provided by:
Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Article History
Received: 30 September 2023
Accepted: 22 December 2023
First Online: 23 January 2024
Declarations
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: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. The study was approved by the Bioethics Committee of the “Area Vasta Emilia Centro” (CE-AVEC Comitato Etico Area Vasta Emilia Centro; protocol number: 14112).
: Written informed consent was obtained from all enrolled patients and controls for study participation and data publication.
: Calogero Calabrò, Eliana Di Tillo, Umberto Pensato, Corrado Zenesini, Valentina Favoni, Camilla Fontana, Sabina Cevoli, Eliana Tossani, Silvana Grandi, and Giulia Pierangeli have no competing interests to declare that are relevant to the content of this article. Pietro Cortelli is an associate editor of this journal.
: Written Informed consent was obtained from all patients enrolled in the study.