About the Authors

Maria Antonietta De Ioris

deioris@opbg.net

Affiliation Haematology-Oncology Department, Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù-IRCCS, Rome, Italy

Arcangelo Prete

Affiliation Paediatric Haematology-Oncology Department, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Raffaele Cozza

Affiliation Haematology-Oncology Department, Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù-IRCCS, Rome, Italy

Marta Podda

Affiliation Paediatrics, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy

Carla Manzitti

Affiliation Paediatric Haematology-Oncology Department, Istituto Giannina Gaslini-IRCCS, Genoa, Italy

Andrea Pession

Affiliation Paediatric Haematology-Oncology Department, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Elisabetta Schiavello

Affiliation Paediatrics, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy

Benedetta Contoli

Affiliation Epidemiology Unit, Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù-IRCCS, Rome, Italy

Rita Balter

Affiliation Paediatric Haematology-Oncology Department, University of Verona, Verona, Italy

Franca Fagioli

Affiliation Paediatric Haematology-Oncology Department, Regina Margherita Hospital, Turin, Italy

Gianni Bisogno

Affiliation Paediatric Haematology-Oncology Department, University of Padua, Padua, Italy

Loredana Amoroso

Affiliation Paediatric Haematology-Oncology Department, Istituto Giannina Gaslini-IRCCS, Genoa, Italy

Franco Locatelli

Contributed equally to this work with: Franco Locatelli, Roberto Luksch

Affiliations Haematology-Oncology Department, Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù-IRCCS, Rome, Italy, Pediatrics, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

Roberto Luksch

Contributed equally to this work with: Franco Locatelli, Roberto Luksch

Affiliation Paediatrics, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Made substantial contributions to conception and design: MADI RC RL. Made substantial contributions to acquisition of data or analysis and interpretation of data: MADI RL A. Prete MP CM A. Pession ES RB GB LA FF. Involved in revising it critically for important intellectual content: A. Prete A. Pession GB. Analyzed the data: MADI BC RL FL. Wrote the paper: MADI FL RL.