About the Authors

Diego Gazzolo

dgazzolo@hotmail.com

Affiliations Department of Obstetrics, Pediatrics and Neuroscience, G. Gaslini Children's Hospital University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy, Department of Maternal Fetal and Neonatal Health G. Garibaldi Hospital, Catania, Italy

Alessandro Frigiola

Affiliation Perinatal Research Laboratory, Department of Cardiac Surgery, S. Donato Milanese University Hospital, S. Donato Milanese, Italy

Moataza Bashir

Affiliation Department of Neonatology, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt

Iman Iskander

Affiliation Department of Neonatology, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt

Hala Mufeed

Affiliation Department of Neonatology, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt

Hanna Aboulgar

Affiliation Department of Neonatology, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt

Pierluigi Venturini

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics, Pediatrics and Neuroscience, G. Gaslini Children's Hospital University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy

Mauro Marras

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics, Pediatrics and Neuroscience, G. Gaslini Children's Hospital University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy

Giovanni Serra

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics, Pediatrics and Neuroscience, G. Gaslini Children's Hospital University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy

Rosanna Frulio

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics, Pediatrics and Neuroscience, G. Gaslini Children's Hospital University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy

Fabrizio Michetti

Affiliation Institute of Anatomy, Catholic University, Rome, Italy

Felice Petraglia

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Reproductive Medicine, University of Siena, Siena, Italy

Raul Abella

Affiliation Perinatal Research Laboratory, Department of Cardiac Surgery, S. Donato Milanese University Hospital, S. Donato Milanese, Italy

Pasquale Florio

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Reproductive Medicine, University of Siena, Siena, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DG GS. Performed the experiments: MB HA MM RF FM. Analyzed the data: FM FP PF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AF MB II HM HA PV MM GS RF FM RA PF. Wrote the paper: DG. Co-wrote the paper: PF FP DG.