Rainer, Johannes https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6977-7147
Meraviglia, Viviana
Blankenburg, Hagen
Piubelli, Chiara
Pramstaller, Peter P.
Paolin, Adolfo
Cogliati, Elisa
Pompilio, Giulio
Sommariva, Elena
Domingues, Francisco S.
Rossini, Alessandra
Funding for this research was provided by:
Department of Educational Assistance, University and Research of the Autonomous Province of Bolzano
South Tyrolean Sparkasse Foundation
Italian Ministry of Health
Article History
Received: 22 December 2017
Accepted: 18 June 2018
First Online: 25 June 2018
Competing interest
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
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