About the Authors

Paola Roggero

paola.roggero@unimi.it

Affiliation Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), Department of Clinical Science and Comunity Health, Fondazione IRCCS “Ca' Granda” Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

Maria L. Giannì

Affiliation Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), Department of Clinical Science and Comunity Health, Fondazione IRCCS “Ca' Granda” Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

Anna Orsi

Affiliation Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), Department of Clinical Science and Comunity Health, Fondazione IRCCS “Ca' Granda” Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

Orsola Amato

Affiliation Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), Department of Clinical Science and Comunity Health, Fondazione IRCCS “Ca' Granda” Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

Pasqua Piemontese

Affiliation Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), Department of Clinical Science and Comunity Health, Fondazione IRCCS “Ca' Granda” Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

Nadia Liotto

Affiliation Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), Department of Clinical Science and Comunity Health, Fondazione IRCCS “Ca' Granda” Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

Laura Morlacchi

Affiliation Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), Department of Clinical Science and Comunity Health, Fondazione IRCCS “Ca' Granda” Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

Francesca Taroni

Affiliation Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), Department of Clinical Science and Comunity Health, Fondazione IRCCS “Ca' Granda” Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

Elisa Garavaglia

Affiliation Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), Department of Clinical Science and Comunity Health, Fondazione IRCCS “Ca' Granda” Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

Beatrice Bracco

Affiliation Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), Department of Clinical Science and Comunity Health, Fondazione IRCCS “Ca' Granda” Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

Massimo Agosti

Affiliations Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), Department of Clinical Science and Comunity Health, Fondazione IRCCS “Ca' Granda” Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, University of Milan, Milan, Italy, Maternal and Child Health Department, Del Ponte Hospital, A.O. Di Circolo Fondazione Macchi, Varese, Italy

Fabio Mosca

Affiliation Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), Department of Clinical Science and Comunity Health, Fondazione IRCCS “Ca' Granda” Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PR MLG FM. Performed the experiments: PP NL LM FT. Analyzed the data: AO OA NL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EG BB. Wrote the paper: PR MLG. Contributed to the revision of the manuscript: MA.