About the Authors

Roberto Stasi

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: roberto.stasi@uniroma2.it

Affiliation Department of Medical Sciences, Ospedale “Regina Apostolorum,” Albano Laziale, Rome, Italy

Sergio Amadori

Affiliation Department of Hematology, University of Rome “Tor Vergata,” Rome, Italy

John Osborn

Affiliation Department of Public Health Science, University of Rome “La Sapienza,” Rome, Italy

Adrian C Newland

Affiliation Department of Haematology, St Bartholomew's & The Royal London School of Medicine & Dentistry, London, United Kingdom

Drew Provan

Affiliation Department of Haematology, St Bartholomew's & The Royal London School of Medicine & Dentistry, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

RS and SA designed the study and performed research. RS, JO, ACN, and DP analyzed the data. ACN and DP contributed to writing the paper.