Vinciguerra, F. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9916-4272
Longhitano, S.
Carrubba, N.
Piazza, L.
Di Stefano, C.
Arpi, M. L.
Baratta, R.
Hagnäs, M.
Frittitta, L.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Università degli Studi di Catania
Article History
Received: 10 October 2022
Accepted: 5 February 2023
First Online: 21 February 2023
Declarations
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: The authors have no relevant financial or non-financial interests to disclose. We declare Lucia Frittitta is associate editor of the Journal of Endocrinology Investigation.
: The study protocol was approved by the institution’s Ethics Committee (Catania 2).
: All procedures performed in this study 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.
: All patients have provided their written informed consent to participate in the study.