Scavo, Maria Principia http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0812-4441
Negro, Roberto http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4319-5923
Arrè, Valentina
Depalo, Nicoletta
Carrieri, Livianna
Rizzi, Federica
Mastrogiacomo, Rita
Serino, Grazia http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2971-0802
Notarnicola, Maria
De Nunzio, Valentina
Lippolis, Tamara
Pesole, Pasqua Letizia
Coletta, Sergio
Armentano, Raffaele
Curri, Maria Lucia
Giannelli, Gianluigi http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5140-8060
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministero della Salute (RC2021)
Article History
Received: 30 May 2023
Revised: 6 September 2023
Accepted: 15 September 2023
First Online: 26 September 2023
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: Patients were enrolled, and the trial was registered at ExternalRef removed (registration number CT02347696). The study was carried out in compliance with the Helsinki Declaration and was authorized by the Ethics Committee (Prot. n. 10/CE/De Bellis, 3 February 2015), and all patients have given their informed consent to participate in the study.