Pagano, Duilio
Oliva, Elisabetta
Khouzam, Simone
Tuzzolino, Fabio
Cintorino, Davide
Li Petri, Sergio
di Francesco, Fabrizio
Ricotta, Calogero
Bonsignore, Pasquale
Tropea, Alessandro
Calamia, Sergio
Costanzo, Federico
Luca, Angelo
Gruttadauria, Salvatore http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9684-8035
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministero della Salute (GR-2013-02357764)
Article History
Received: 14 August 2018
Accepted: 7 December 2018
First Online: 27 December 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study will conduct in accordance with the principles outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki of 1996, and ISMETT’s Institutional Research Review Board approved the protocol (protocol number IRRB/72/14).
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