About the Authors

Michela Papa

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Surgical, Neurological, Metabolic Disease and Geriatric Medicine, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy

Virginia Boccardi

virginia.boccardi@email.it

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Surgical, Neurological, Metabolic Disease and Geriatric Medicine, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy

Raffaele Prestano

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Surgical, Neurological, Metabolic Disease and Geriatric Medicine, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy

Edith Angellotti

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Surgical, Neurological, Metabolic Disease and Geriatric Medicine, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy

Manuela Desiderio

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Surgical, Neurological, Metabolic Disease and Geriatric Medicine, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy

Luigi Marano

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Surgical, Neurological, Metabolic Disease and Geriatric Medicine, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy

Maria Rosaria Rizzo

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Surgical, Neurological, Metabolic Disease and Geriatric Medicine, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy

Giuseppe Paolisso

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Surgical, Neurological, Metabolic Disease and Geriatric Medicine, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GP. Performed the experiments: VB MP EA RP MD LM MRR. Analyzed the data: VB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VB MP. Wrote the paper: VB GP.