About the Authors

Antonella LoMauro

Affiliation TBMLab, Dipartimento di Bioingegneria, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy

Simona Pochintesta

Affiliation IRCCS E.Medea, Bosisio Parini (Lc), Italy

Marianna Romei

Affiliation IRCCS E.Medea, Bosisio Parini (Lc), Italy

Maria Grazia D'Angelo

Affiliation IRCCS E.Medea, Bosisio Parini (Lc), Italy

Antonio Pedotti

Affiliation TBMLab, Dipartimento di Bioingegneria, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy

Anna Carla Turconi

Affiliation IRCCS E.Medea, Bosisio Parini (Lc), Italy

Andrea Aliverti

andrea.aliverti@polimi.it

Affiliation TBMLab, Dipartimento di Bioingegneria, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AA ALM MGD SP AP ACT. Performed the experiments: ALM MR. Analyzed the data: AA ALM. Wrote the paper: AA ALM. Performed the statistical analysis: AA ALM. Performed clinical evaluation of the patients: MGD SP.