About the Authors
- Nicola Martinelli
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Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
- Elisabetta Trabetti
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Affiliation Section of Biology and Genetics, Department of Mother and Child and Biology–Genetics, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
- Mirko Pinotti
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Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Ferrara , Ferrara, Italy
- Oliviero Olivieri
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Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
- Marco Sandri
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Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
- Simonetta Friso
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Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
- Francesca Pizzolo
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Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
- Claudia Bozzini
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Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
- Pier Paolo Caruso
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Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Ferrara , Ferrara, Italy
- Ugo Cavallari
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Affiliation Section of Biology and Genetics, Department of Mother and Child and Biology–Genetics, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
- Suzanne Cheng
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Affiliation Department of Human Genetics, Roche Molecular Systems, Inc., Alameda, California, United States of America
- Pier Franco Pignatti
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Affiliation Section of Biology and Genetics, Department of Mother and Child and Biology–Genetics, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
- Francesco Bernardi
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Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Ferrara , Ferrara, Italy
- Roberto Corrocher
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Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
- Domenico Girelli
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*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: domenico.girelli@univr.it
Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
Competing Interests
Suzanne Cheng is employed by a company (Roche Molecular System, Inc.) that provided genotyping reagents for the Verona Heart Study under a research collaboration. All the other authors declare no competing financial interest.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: RC DG NM. Performed the experiments: FB DG SF CB ET PP NM FP UC MP PC. Analyzed the data: FB OO DG ET NM MS MP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FB SF CB PP MS FP UC MP PC SC. Wrote the paper: RC OO DG NM.