About the Authors

Athanasios G. Michos

Affiliation First Department of Pediatrics, Aghia Sophia Children's Hospital, Athens University, Athens, Greece

Vassiliki P. Syriopoulou

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: vsyriop@med.uoa.gr

Affiliation First Department of Pediatrics, Aghia Sophia Children's Hospital, Athens University, Athens, Greece

Christos Hadjichristodoulou

Affiliation Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Medical Faculty, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece

George L. Daikos

Affiliation First Department of Propaedeutic Medicine, Laiko General Hospital, Athens University, Athens, Greece

Evagelia Lagona

Affiliation First Department of Pediatrics, Aghia Sophia Children's Hospital, Athens University, Athens, Greece

Panagiotis Douridas

Affiliation First Department of Pediatrics, Aghia Sophia Children's Hospital, Athens University, Athens, Greece

Glykeria Mostrou

Affiliation First Department of Pediatrics, Aghia Sophia Children's Hospital, Athens University, Athens, Greece

Maria Theodoridou

Affiliation First Department of Pediatrics, Aghia Sophia Children's Hospital, Athens University, Athens, Greece

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VS MT. Performed the experiments: AM PD GM EL. Analyzed the data: VS AM CH GD GM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GD MT. Wrote the paper: AM MT. Other: Edited the manuscript: GD VS.