About the Authors
- Giuseppina T. Russo
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* E-mail: Giuseppina.russo@unime.it
Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
- Carlo Bruno Giorda
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Affiliation Metabolism and Diabetes Unit ASL TO5, Chieri, Italy
- Stefania Cercone
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Affiliation MSD, Rome, Italy
- Antonio Nicolucci
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Affiliation Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Epidemiology Fondazione Mario Negri Sud, S. Maria Imbaro, Italy
- Domenico Cucinotta
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Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
- on behalf of BetaDecline Study Group
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¶Membership of the BetaDecline Study Group is provided in the Acknowledgments.
Competing Interests
One of the authors is employed by a commercial company (MSD, Rome, Italy). This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: GR CBG DC. Performed the experiments: GR CBG DC. Analyzed the data: AN SC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AN SC. Wrote the paper: GR CBG DC.