Barchitta, M.
Maugeri, A.
La Mastra, C.
Favara, G.
La Rosa, M. C.
Magnano San Lio, R.
Gholizade Atani, Y.
Gallo, G.
Agodi, A.
Article History
Received: 25 September 2023
Accepted: 30 September 2024
First Online: 8 October 2024
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The study was conducted according to the guidelines of the Declaration of Helsinki, and has been approved by the ethics committees of the participating institutions (Ethics Committee of the “Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Policlinico-Vittorio Emanuele” and Ethics Committee “Catania 1”) with the respective protocol numbers: 47/2014/VE; 48/2015/EMPO; 186/2015/EMPO; 197/2016/EMPO; 213/2017/EMPO; 231/2018/EMPO; 263/2019/EMPO.
: Informed consent was obtained from all subjects involved in the study.
: The authors declare no competing interests.