Iannuccelli, Cristina https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1428-9725
Favretti, Martina https://orcid.org/0009-0004-7777-6058
Dolcini, Giulio
Farah, Sonia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9815-2621
Di Carlo, Marco https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0906-4647
Tramontano, Giuseppina
Ferrari, Giorgia
Atzeni, Fabiola https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9328-3075
Pellegrino, Greta https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1762-0770
Puttini, Piercarlo Sarzi https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8673-5133
Salaffi, Fausto https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3794-6831
Di Franco, Manuela https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5468-2065
Funding for this research was provided by:
Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza
Article History
Received: 18 November 2025
Accepted: 29 January 2026
First Online: 27 February 2026
Declarations
:
: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: The Ethics Committee of the Università Politecnica delle Marche (Comitato Unico Regionale—ASUR Marche, No. 1970/AV2) and the review boards of all participating centers approved this study.
: All authors certify that they have no affiliations with or involvement in any organization or entity with any financial interest or non-financial interest in the subject matter or materials discussed in this manuscript.
: All procedures performed in this study involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments.
: Informed consent were obtained from the patients to utilize their medical records for the purpose of this article.