Fontana, Francesco http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0762-0942
Torelli, Chiara
Giovanella, Silvia
Ligabue, Giulia
Alfano, Gaetano
Gerritsen, Karin
Selgas, Rafael
Cappelli, Gianni
Article History
Received: 23 August 2019
Accepted: 19 October 2020
First Online: 27 October 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study was conducted in accordance with the Helsinki Declaration of 1975 (as revised in 2008) and was approved by the ethical committee “Comitato Etico dell’Area Vasta Emilia Nord” of the “Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Modena” (protocol number: AOU:0018014/18). The trial was registered at the registry of the above-mentioned ethical committee (registration number 165/2018/SPER/AOUMO); no further registration is required by the Italian Medicines Agency (AIFA, “Agenzia Italiana del Farmaco”) for interventional studies without the use of drugs.All study participants received adequate information before enrollment and signed informed consent to participate.
: All participants signed an informed consent to publish the results of the study.
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