Ferrari, Anna http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9536-3995
Baraldi, Carlo http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8432-1888
Licata, Manuela http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4309-9309
Rustichelli, Cecilia http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8917-9980
Article History
First Online: 11 May 2018
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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: This research received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors. The open access fee was paid by a research grant attributed to Dr Anna Ferrari from the Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR) (Italy).
: The authors, Anna Ferrari, Carlo Baraldi, Manuela Licata and Cecilia Rustichelli, declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: The study was approved by the Ethical Provincial Committee of Modena (Prot. n. 3610/C.E., file 126/13) and conducted in compliance with the latest version of the Declaration of Helsinki.
: All the patients gave their written consent for their participation in the study.