About the Authors

Alice Monzani

Contributed equally to this work with: Alice Monzani, Anna Rapa

alice.monzani@med.unipmn.it

Affiliation Division of Pediatrics, Department of Health Sciences, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy

Anna Rapa

Contributed equally to this work with: Alice Monzani, Anna Rapa

Affiliation Division of Pediatrics, Department of Health Sciences, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy

Flavia Prodam

Affiliation Division of Pediatrics, Department of Health Sciences, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy

Nicola Fuiano

Affiliation Pediatric Unit, Prevention and Public Health, ASL FG, Foggia, Italy

Giuliana Diddi

Affiliation Pediatric Unit, Prevention and Public Health, ASL FG, Foggia, Italy

Antonella Petri

Affiliation Division of Pediatrics, Department of Health Sciences, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy

Simonetta Bellone

Affiliation Division of Pediatrics, Department of Health Sciences, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy

Gianni Bona

Affiliation Division of Pediatrics, Department of Health Sciences, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AM AR NF GB. Performed the experiments: NF GD AP. Analyzed the data: AR AM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SB. Wrote the paper: AM AR FP GB.