About the Authors
- Ylenia Ingrasciotta
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Contributed equally to this work with: Ylenia Ingrasciotta, Janet Sultana, Francesco Giorgianni, Andrea Fontana, Domenico Santoro, Gianluca Trifirò
Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
- Janet Sultana
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Contributed equally to this work with: Ylenia Ingrasciotta, Janet Sultana, Francesco Giorgianni, Andrea Fontana, Domenico Santoro, Gianluca Trifirò
Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
- Francesco Giorgianni
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Contributed equally to this work with: Ylenia Ingrasciotta, Janet Sultana, Francesco Giorgianni, Andrea Fontana, Domenico Santoro, Gianluca Trifirò
Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
- Andrea Fontana
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Contributed equally to this work with: Ylenia Ingrasciotta, Janet Sultana, Francesco Giorgianni, Andrea Fontana, Domenico Santoro, Gianluca Trifirò
Affiliation Unit of Biostatistics, IRCCS "Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza", San Giovanni Rotondo (FG), Italy
- Antonio Santangelo
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¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.
Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
- Daniele Ugo Tari
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¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.
Affiliation Caserta Local Health Service, Caserta, Italy
- Domenico Santoro
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Contributed equally to this work with: Ylenia Ingrasciotta, Janet Sultana, Francesco Giorgianni, Andrea Fontana, Domenico Santoro, Gianluca Trifirò
Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
- Vincenzo Arcoraci
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¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.
Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
- Margherita Perrotta
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¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.
Affiliation Caserta Local Health Service, Caserta, Italy
- Luisa Ibanez
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¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.
Affiliation Fundació Institut Català de Farmacologia, WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Pharmacoepidemiology, Department of Pharmacology, Therapeutics and Toxicology, Institut Català de la Salut, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Gianluca Trifirò
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Contributed equally to this work with: Ylenia Ingrasciotta, Janet Sultana, Francesco Giorgianni, Andrea Fontana, Domenico Santoro, Gianluca Trifirò
* E-mail: trifirog@unime.it
Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: GT DS. Performed the experiments: GT YI FG AF. Analyzed the data: FG YI AF GT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GT VA. Wrote the paper: YI JS FG AF DS VA DUT LI MP AS GT.