About the Authors

Emanuele Nicastro

Affiliations Department of Translational Medical Science, Sector of Pediatrics. University Federico II, Naples, Italy, Paediatric Hepatology Gastroenterology and Transplantation Unit, Hospital Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy

Andrea Lo Vecchio

Affiliation Department of Translational Medical Science, Sector of Pediatrics. University Federico II, Naples, Italy

Ilaria Liguoro

Affiliation Department of Translational Medical Science, Sector of Pediatrics. University Federico II, Naples, Italy

Anna Chmielewska

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, The Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland

Caroline De Bruyn

Affiliation Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel Kinderen, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium

Jernej Dolinsek

Affiliation University Medical Centre, Maribor, Slovenia

Elena Doroshina

Affiliation Russian Medical Postgraduate Academy, Moscow, Russian Federation

Smaragdi Fessatou

Affiliation Third Department of Pediatrics of University of Athens, Greece

Tudor Lucian Pop

Affiliation 2nd Pediatric Clinic, Iuliu Haţieganu, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

Christine Prell

Affiliation Dr. von Hauner Children’s Hospital, University of Munich Medical Center, Munich, Germany

Merit Monique Tabbers

Affiliation Emma's Children's Hospital Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Marta Tavares

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Sao Joao, Porto, Portugal

Pinar Urenden-Elicin

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey

Dario Bruzzese

Affiliation Department of Public Health, University of Naples “Federico II,” Italy

Irina Zakharova

Affiliation Russian Medical Postgraduate Academy, Moscow, Russian Federation

Bhupinder Sandhu

Affiliation Department of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, Bristol, United Kingdom

Alfredo Guarino

alfguari@unina.it

Affiliation Department of Translational Medical Science, Sector of Pediatrics. University Federico II, Naples, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AG EN. Performed the experiments: EN ALV IL. Analyzed the data: DB ALV IL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EN ALV IL. Wrote the paper: EN ALV IL AG. Contributed to the development of the methodology to measure the effect of e-learning intervention on the adherence to guidelines: AC CDB JD ED SF TLP CP MMT MT PUE IZ BS. Played as national tutors for the e-learning activities and provided technical support for participants in each European country: AC CDB JD ED SF TLP CP MMT MT PUE IZ BS. Critically revised and approved the e-learning course, and validated the chart registered form and the knowledge questionnaires: AC CDB JD ED SF TLP CP MMT MT PUE IZ BS.