Antonaros, Francesca
Zenatelli, Rossella
Guerri, Giulia
Bertelli, Matteo
Locatelli, Chiara
Vione, Beatrice
Catapano, Francesca
Gori, Alice
Vitale, Lorenza
Pelleri, Maria Chiara
Ramacieri, Giuseppe
Cocchi, Guido
Strippoli, Pierluigi
Caracausi, Maria https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8957-8391
Piovesan, Allison
Funding for this research was provided by:
Fondazione Umano Progresso
Article History
Received: 7 January 2021
Accepted: 14 April 2021
First Online: 1 May 2021
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study was approved by the independent Ethics Committee of the University Hospital St. Orsola-Malpighi Polyclinic, Bologna, Italy (study number: 39/2013/U/Tess). Informed written consent was obtained from all participants. It was required for the patient, if over 18, or legal guardians, to sign the informed consent for the collection of blood and clinical data to participate in the study. All methods were performed in accordance with the Ethical Principles for Medical Research Involving Human Subjects of the Helsinki Declaration.
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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.