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Article History

Received: 11 May 2018

Accepted: 24 September 2018

First Online: 11 October 2018

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: According to local ethical guidelines, all nucleic acid samples were obtained for storage and analysis only after the patients’ family members’ written informed consent had been obtained, using a form approved by the local Ethics Committee (Ethics Committee of the Meyer Hospital, Florence, Italy).

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