Midiri, Mauro https://orcid.org/0009-0007-1342-1890
Re, Giuseppe Lo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7479-948X
Salerno, Sergio https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1020-3437
Barberi, Marika Triscari
Fornasari, Maria Grazia
Galia, Massimo https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3913-6290
Malta, Ginevra https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0917-7809
Argo, Antonina https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9964-0184
Zerbo, Stefania https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1101-0864
Albano, Giuseppe Davide https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9636-572X
Article History
Received: 4 November 2024
Accepted: 8 December 2024
First Online: 3 January 2025
Declarations
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: The authors declare no conflict of interest as there’s no financial/personal interest or belief that could affect their objectivity.
: Our investigations were carried out following the rules of the Declaration of Helsinki of 1975, revised in 2013. According to Italian legislation, ethical approval for a single case is not required, as long as the data are kept anonymous and the investigations performed do not imply genetic results.
: The current Italian legislation requires neither the family’s consent nor ethical approval for a single case, as long as the data are strictly kept anonymous. Because summoning the parents was not possible, as it would badly interfere with the grieving process, the parents’ consent was completely waived, according to the Italian Authority of Privacy and Data Protection (“Garante della Privacy”: GDPR nr. 679/2016; 9/2016 and recent law addition number 424/19 July 2018; ).