Lenna, Stefania
Bellotti, Chiara http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9900-7357
Duchi, Serena
Martella, Elisa
Columbaro, Marta
Dozza, Barbara
Ballestri, Marco
Guerrini, Andrea
Sotgiu, Giovanna
Frisoni, Tommaso
Cevolani, Luca
Varchi, Greta
Ferrari, Mauro
Donati, Davide Maria
Lucarelli, Enrico
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministero della Salute (Progetto Finalizzata-PE 2013-02354871)
Article History
Received: 11 November 2019
Accepted: 14 February 2020
First Online: 22 February 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study protocol for the collection and use of the bone marrow sample was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute (Approval n. 0003044/2016). Patients involved in the study provided a signed informed consent before the collection of bone marrow samples. All animal studies were performed in accordance with the guidelines of the Animal Welfare Act and the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals, following protocols approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC, protocol AUP-0118-0002) at the Houston Methodist Research Institute.
: Not applicable.
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