Capsoni, Nicolò
Bellone, Pietro
Aliberti, Stefano https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0090-4531
Sotgiu, Giovanni
Pavanello, Donatella
Visintin, Benedetto
Callisto, Elena
Saderi, Laura
Soldini, Davide
Lardera, Luca
Monzani, Valter
Brambilla, Anna Maria
Article History
Received: 13 February 2019
Accepted: 29 April 2019
First Online: 5 July 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study was approved by the ethical committee (262_2017bis) of the IRCCS Fondazione Ca′ Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico of Milan, Italy, whereas informed consent was waived due to the retrospective and observational nature of the study according to the Italian law on observational studies.
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