Occhipinti, Mariaelena http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3324-4063
Paoletti, Matteo
Bartholmai, Brian J.
Rajagopalan, Srinivasan
Karwoski, Ronald A.
Nardi, Cosimo
Inchingolo, Riccardo
Larici, Anna R.
Camiciottoli, Gianna
Lavorini, Federico
Colagrande, Stefano
Brusasco, Vito
Pistolesi, Massimo
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministero dell’Istruzione, dell’Università e della Ricerca (---)
Ministero della Salute (---)
Article History
Received: 7 February 2019
Accepted: 15 April 2019
First Online: 23 May 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This two-center study was approved by the institutional Ethics Committees of the University of Florence and of the Fondazione Policlinico Universitario “Agostino Gemelli”- Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Rome. Reference number 2008/0034806 for the prospective study for which all patients gave their written informed consent.
: Not applicable.
: Dr. Occhipinti reports personal fees from Imbio LLC, grants from Menarini Foundation, outside the submitted work.Dr. Bartholmai reports personal fees from Promedior, LLC, and from Imbio, LLC, outside the submitted work. Mayo Clinic has received grants from NIH/NHLBI, fees from Imbio, LLC, and Boehringer Ingelheim outside the submitted work. In addition, Dr. Bartholmai has a patent SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANALYZING IN VIVO TISSUE VOLUMES USING MEDICAL IMAGING pending to Mayo Clinic.Dr. Karwoski reports other from Imbio Inc., outside the submitted work.Dr. Lavorini reports personal fees from Chiesi Farmaceutici, grants and personal fees from Menarini International, personal fees from GlaxoSmithKline, personal fees from Boehringer Ingelheim, personal fees from Orion Pharma, personal fees from Novartis, outside the submitted work.Dr. Pistolesi reports grants from MINISTRY OF HEALTH OF ITALY, grants from MINISTRY OF UNIVERSITY AND RESEARCH OF ITALY, during the conduct of the study; personal fees and non-financial support from GSK, grants, personal fees and non-financial support from MENARINI, personal fees and non-financial support from BOEHRINGER IINGELHEIM, personal fees and non-financial support from ASTRAZENECA, personal fees and non-financial support from CHIESI, grants, personal fees and non-financial support from MUNDIPHARMA, personal fees and non-financial support from BIOFUTURA, grants, personal fees and non-financial support from NOVARTIS, personal fees and non-financial support from GUIDOTTI MALESCI, personal fees from MENARINI INTERNATIONAL, grants from SANOFI, grants and personal fees from MSD, personal fees and non-financial support from GRIFOLS, grants from BAYER, outside the submitted work.M Paoletti, SR, CN, ARL, RI, GC, SC have no competing interests.
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