Costantino, Claudio
Tramuto, Fabio
Bonaccorso, Nicole http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8021-8151
Giudice, Maria Carmela Lo
Balsamo, Francesco
Carubia, Alessandro
D’Azzo, Luciano
Fruscione, Santo
Sciortino, Martina
Vitello, Tania
Zagra, Luigi
Pieri, Alessia
Rizzari, Rosaria
Serra, Gregorio
Palermo, Mario
Randazzo, Maria Angela
Palmeri, Sara
Asciutto, Rosario
Corsello, Giovanni
Graziano, Giorgio
Maida, Carmelo Massimo
Mazzucco, Walter
Vitale, Francesco
Article History
Received: 14 May 2024
Accepted: 9 June 2024
First Online: 11 July 2024
Declarations
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: Ethical approval for the study was obtained from the University Hospital of Palermo Ethical Committee (session of July 2022, protocol no. 07/2022). Written informed consent was obtained from all participants in the study. For participants under the age of 16, consent was provided by a parent or legal guardian. All methods used in the research were performed in accordance with the ethical standards as laid down in the Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments or comparable ethical standard.
: Informed consent was obtained from all subjects involved in the study.
: Giovanni Corsello and Gregorio Serra are Editor-in-Chief and Associate Editor of IJP, respectively. The other authors declare that have no competing interests.