Serpentini, Samantha http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0517-3416
Del Bianco, Paola
Chirico, Andrea
Merluzzi, Thomas V.
Martino, Rosalba
Lucidi, Fabio
De Salvo, Gian Luca
Trentin, Leonardo
Capovilla, Eleonora
Article History
Received: 9 May 2018
Accepted: 27 March 2019
First Online: 5 April 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study was approved by the IOV – IRCCS Research Ethics Committee (protocol no. 12584/2012), all procedures were in accordance with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments, and all patients signed informed consent.
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