Fatica, Mauro
Perrotta, Fabio Massimo
Conigliaro, Paola
Chimenti, Maria Sole
Lubrano, Ennio https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6189-5328
Article History
Received: 13 January 2026
Accepted: 9 March 2026
First Online: 26 March 2026
Declarations
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: Ennio Lubrano and Fabio Massimo Perrotta are members of the Editorial Board of Rheumatology and Therapy. Ennio Lubrano and Fabio Massimo Perrotta were not involved in the selection of peer reviewers for the manuscript nor any of the subsequent editorial decisions. Mauro Fatica, Paola Conigliaro, and Maria Sole Chimenti declare no conflict of interest.
: 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) and was performed according to the Helsinki Declaration. Written informed consent to use the clinical data of all participants was obtained.