Scriffignano, Silvia http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5774-9643
Perrotta, Fabio Massimo http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3771-5205
Fatica, Mauro http://orcid.org/0009-0007-1074-0861
Conigliaro, Paola http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1954-2825
Chimenti, Maria Sole http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1343-1729
Lubrano, Ennio http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6189-5328
Article History
Received: 7 May 2024
Accepted: 25 June 2024
First Online: 13 July 2024
Declarations
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: Silvia Scriffignano, Fabio Massimo Perrotta, Muaro Fatica, Paola Conigliaro, Maria Sole Chimenti and Ennio Lubrano have nothing to disclose. Fabio Massimo Perrotta and Ennio Lubrano are members of the Editorial Board of <i>Rheumatology and Therapy</i> and were not involved in the selection of peer reviewers for the manuscript nor any of the subsequent editorial decisions.
: 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. Informed written consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study. The study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of the University of Molise (protocol no. 0001-017-2021), which provided the approval for both centers (the University of Molise and the University of Tor Vergata).