About the Authors

Raffaella Colombatti

rcolombatti@gmail.com

Affiliation Clinic of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Azienda Ospedaliera- Università di Padova, Padova, Italy

Emiliano De Bon

Affiliation Department of Cardiologic, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, Azienda Ospedaliera- Università di Padova, Padova, Italy

Antonella Bertomoro

Affiliation Department of Cardiologic, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, Azienda Ospedaliera- Università di Padova, Padova, Italy

Alessandra Casonato

Affiliation Department of Cardiologic, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, Azienda Ospedaliera- Università di Padova, Padova, Italy

Elena Pontara

Affiliation Department of Cardiologic, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, Azienda Ospedaliera- Università di Padova, Padova, Italy

Elisabetta Omenetto

Affiliation Department of Cardiologic, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, Azienda Ospedaliera- Università di Padova, Padova, Italy

Graziella Saggiorato

Affiliation Department of Cardiologic, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, Azienda Ospedaliera- Università di Padova, Padova, Italy

Agostino Steffan

Affiliation Department of Diagnostic Laboratory and Cellular Therapy, Centro Riferimento Oncologico, Aviano, Italy

Tamara Damian

Affiliation Department of Diagnostic Laboratory and Cellular Therapy, Centro Riferimento Oncologico, Aviano, Italy

Giuseppe Cella

Affiliation Department of Cardiologic, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, Azienda Ospedaliera- Università di Padova, Padova, Italy

Simone Teso

Affiliation Università di Padova, Padova, Italy

Renzo Manara

Affiliation Neuroradiology Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera-Università di Padova,Padova, Italy

Patrizia Rampazzo

Affiliation Neurosonology Unit, Department of Neurological Sciences, Azienda Ospedaliera-Università di Padova,Padova, Italy

Giorgio Meneghetti

Affiliation Neurosonology Unit, Department of Neurological Sciences, Azienda Ospedaliera-Università di Padova,Padova, Italy

Giuseppe Basso

Affiliation Clinic of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Azienda Ospedaliera- Università di Padova, Padova, Italy

Maria Teresa Sartori

Affiliation Department of Cardiologic, Thoracic and Vascular Sciences, Azienda Ospedaliera- Università di Padova, Padova, Italy

Laura Sainati

Affiliation Clinic of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, Azienda Ospedaliera- Università di Padova, Padova, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist."

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RC EDB AB MTS LS. Performed the experiments: AC AS TD EP EO GS PR. Analyzed the data: ST. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AC AS ST GC GS. Wrote the manuscript: RC AC MTS LS GB GC RM GM.