Volpino, Valeria
Navarra, Maria Elena
Scarpina, Federica
Piedimonte, Alessandro
Scacchi, Massimo
Bianchi, Laura
Mauro, Alessandro
Carlino, Elisa
Funding for this research was provided by:
Italian Ministry of University and Research (M.U.R.) - PON "Research and Innovation"
Italian Ministry of Health - Ricerca Corrente (21C305)
Italian Ministry of University and Research (M.U.R.) - PRIN 2022 (2022AL38E4)
Article History
Received: 22 July 2025
Accepted: 12 October 2025
First Online: 10 November 2025
Declarations
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: This study was performed in line with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. Approval was granted by the Ethics Committee of the I.R.C.C.S. Istituto Auxologico Italiano (approval number: 2023_01_31_02).
: Written informed consent was obtained by all individual participants included in the study.
: The authors declare no competing interests.