About the Authors

Carmelo Messina

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Milano, Italy, Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche per la Salute, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy

Luca Petruccio Piodi

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, UO Gastroenterologia ed Endoscopia Digestiva, Milano, Italy

Enzo Grossi

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

Affiliation Villa Santa Maria Foundation, Centro di Riabilitazioni Neuropsichiatrica, UO Autismo, Tavernerio (CO), Italy

Cristina Eller-Vainicher

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, UO Endocrinologia, Milano, Italy

Maria Luisa Bianchi

Roles Data curation

Affiliation IRCCS Istituto Auxologico, UO Endocrinologia e Malattie del Metabolismo, Milano, Italy

Sergio Ortolani

Roles Data curation

Affiliation IRCCS Istituto Auxologico, UO Endocrinologia e Malattie del Metabolismo, Milano, Italy

Marco Di Stefano

Roles Data curation

Affiliation A.O.U. Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Presidio Molinette, Corso Bramante, Torino, Italy

Luca Rinaudo

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation TECHNOLOGIC Srl, Lungo Dora Voghera, Torino, Italy

Luca Maria Sconfienza

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Milano, Italy, Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche per la Salute, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy

Fabio Massimo Ulivieri

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

ulivieri@gmail.com

Affiliation Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, UO Medicina Nucleare, Milano, Italy

Competing Interests

Author LR was formerly working in Politecnico of Turin and is now employed by the commercial company: "TECHNOLOGIC S.r.l”, who provided support in the form of salary for author LR. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.