About the Authors

Matteo Fallico

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology, University of Catania, Catania, Italy, Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, Pathology and Oncology Section, University of Catania, Catania, Italy

Andrea Russo

Roles Data curation, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, University of Catania, Catania, Italy

Antonio Longo

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, University of Catania, Catania, Italy

Alfredo Pulvirenti

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Software

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy

Teresio Avitabile

Roles Methodology, Supervision

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, University of Catania, Catania, Italy

Vincenza Bonfiglio

Roles Data curation, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, University of Catania, Catania, Italy

Niccolò Castellino

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, University of Catania, Catania, Italy

Gilda Cennamo

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Eye Clinic, Department of Neurosciences, Reproductive Sciences and Dentistry, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy

Michele Reibaldi

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision

mreibaldi@libero.it

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, University of Catania, Catania, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.