About the Authors

Luca Rossetti

luca.rossetti@unimi.it

Affiliation Dipartimento Testa-Collo, San Paolo Hospital, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

Maurizio Digiuni

Affiliation Dipartimento Testa-Collo, San Paolo Hospital, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

Montesano Giovanni

Affiliation Dipartimento Testa-Collo, San Paolo Hospital, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

Marco Centofanti

Affiliation G. B. Bietti Foundation—IRCCS, Rome, Italy

Antonio M. Fea

Affiliation Università degli Studi di Torino, Turin, Italy

Michele Iester

Affiliation Clinica Oculistica, Università di Genova, Genoa, Italy

Paolo Frezzotti

Affiliation Dipartimento di Scienze oftalmologiche e Neurochirurgiche, Universita' degli Studi di Siena, Siena, Italy

Michele Figus

Affiliation Eye Clinic, Department of Neuroscience, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Antonio Ferreras

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Miguel Servet University Hospital, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain

Francesco Oddone

Affiliation G. B. Bietti Foundation—IRCCS, Rome, Italy

Lucia Tanga

Affiliation G. B. Bietti Foundation—IRCCS, Rome, Italy

Teresa Rolle

Affiliation Università degli Studi di Torino, Turin, Italy

Valentina Battaglino

Affiliation Università degli Studi di Torino, Turin, Italy

Chiara Posarelli

Affiliation Eye Clinic, Department of Neuroscience, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Ilaria Motolese

Affiliation Dipartimento di Scienze oftalmologiche e Neurochirurgiche, Universita' degli Studi di Siena, Siena, Italy

Pietro Mittica

Affiliation Dipartimento di Scienze oftalmologiche e Neurochirurgiche, Universita' degli Studi di Siena, Siena, Italy

Simone Alex Bagaglia

Affiliation Dipartimento di Scienze oftalmologiche e Neurochirurgiche, Universita' degli Studi di Siena, Siena, Italy

Cristina Menicacci

Affiliation Dipartimento di Scienze oftalmologiche e Neurochirurgiche, Universita' degli Studi di Siena, Siena, Italy

Stefano De Cilla’

Affiliations Dipartimento Testa-Collo, San Paolo Hospital, University of Milan, Milan, Italy, Unit of Ophthalmology, Ospedale Maggiore della Carità, Novara, Italy

Alessandro Autelitano

Affiliation Dipartimento Testa-Collo, San Paolo Hospital, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

Paolo Fogagnolo

Affiliation Dipartimento Testa-Collo, San Paolo Hospital, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LR MD MG MC AMF MI P. Frezzotti MF AF FO P. Fogagnolo. Performed the experiments: LT TR VB CP IM PM SAB CM SDC AA. Analyzed the data: LR MD P. Fogagnolo. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LT TR VB CP IM PM SAB CM SDC AA. Wrote the paper: LR MD MG P. Fogagnolo.