Rossi, Marcello
Kai, Hideaki
Baiardi, Simone
Bartoletti-Stella, Anna
Carlà, Benedetta
Zenesini, Corrado
Capellari, Sabina
Kitamoto, Tetsuyuki
Parchi, Piero https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9444-9524
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministero della Salute (Fondi "Ricerca Corrente")
Università di Bologna (Fondi RFO)
Article History
Received: 8 February 2019
Accepted: 21 March 2019
First Online: 8 April 2019
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