D’Andrea, Antonello
Canora, Angelo
Sperlongano, Simona
Galati, Domenico
Zanotta, Serena
Polistina, Giorgio Emanuele
Nicoletta, Carmine
Ghinassi, Giacomo
Galderisi, Maurizio
Zamparelli, Alessandro Sanduzzi
Lancellotti, Patrizio
Bocchino, Marialuisa http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5477-072X
Article History
Received: 8 August 2019
Accepted: 24 February 2020
First Online: 29 March 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study was conducted in accordance with the amended Declaration of Helsinki. The “Federico II” Istitutional Ethical Committee, Naples, Italy approved the study (Protocol 1129, 4 August 2015) and all individuals gave written informed consent.
: Not applicable
: Prof. M. Bocchino and Prof A. Sanduzzi are associate editors of BMC Pulm Med. The remaining Authors have no conflicting interests for this study.