About the Authors

Evangelos J. Giamarellos-Bourboulis

giamarel@ath.forthnet.gr

Affiliation 4th Department of Internal Medicine, University of Athens, Medical School, Greece, Athens, Greece

Maria Raftogiannis

Affiliation 4th Department of Internal Medicine, University of Athens, Medical School, Greece, Athens, Greece

Anastasia Antonopoulou

Affiliation 4th Department of Internal Medicine, University of Athens, Medical School, Greece, Athens, Greece

Fotini Baziaka

Affiliation 4th Department of Internal Medicine, University of Athens, Medical School, Greece, Athens, Greece

Pantelis Koutoukas

Affiliation 4th Department of Internal Medicine, University of Athens, Medical School, Greece, Athens, Greece

Athina Savva

Affiliation 4th Department of Internal Medicine, University of Athens, Medical School, Greece, Athens, Greece

Theodora Kanni

Affiliation 4th Department of Internal Medicine, University of Athens, Medical School, Greece, Athens, Greece

Marianna Georgitsi

Affiliation 4th Department of Internal Medicine, University of Athens, Medical School, Greece, Athens, Greece

Aikaterini Pistiki

Affiliation 4th Department of Internal Medicine, University of Athens, Medical School, Greece, Athens, Greece

Thomas Tsaganos

Affiliation 4th Department of Internal Medicine, University of Athens, Medical School, Greece, Athens, Greece

Nikolaos Pelekanos

Affiliation 4th Department of Internal Medicine, University of Athens, Medical School, Greece, Athens, Greece

Sofia Athanassia

Affiliation 4th Department of Internal Medicine, University of Athens, Medical School, Greece, Athens, Greece

Labrini Galani

Affiliation 4th Department of Internal Medicine, University of Athens, Medical School, Greece, Athens, Greece

Efthymia Giannitsioti

Affiliation 4th Department of Internal Medicine, University of Athens, Medical School, Greece, Athens, Greece

Dimitra Kavatha

Affiliation 4th Department of Internal Medicine, University of Athens, Medical School, Greece, Athens, Greece

Flora Kontopidou

Affiliation 4th Department of Internal Medicine, University of Athens, Medical School, Greece, Athens, Greece

Maria Mouktaroudi

Affiliation 4th Department of Internal Medicine, University of Athens, Medical School, Greece, Athens, Greece

Garyfallia Poulakou

Affiliation 4th Department of Internal Medicine, University of Athens, Medical School, Greece, Athens, Greece

Vissaria Sakka

Affiliation 4th Department of Internal Medicine, University of Athens, Medical School, Greece, Athens, Greece

Periklis Panagopoulos

Affiliation 4th Department of Internal Medicine, University of Athens, Medical School, Greece, Athens, Greece

Antonios Papadopoulos

Affiliation 4th Department of Internal Medicine, University of Athens, Medical School, Greece, Athens, Greece

Kyriaki Kanellakopoulou

Affiliation 4th Department of Internal Medicine, University of Athens, Medical School, Greece, Athens, Greece

Helen Giamarellou

Affiliation 4th Department of Internal Medicine, University of Athens, Medical School, Greece, Athens, Greece

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EJGB HG. Performed the experiments: EJGB AS TK MG AP NP. Analyzed the data: EJGB MR AA FB PK TT SA LG EG Dk FK. Wrote the paper: EJGB. Data collection: MR, AA, FB, PK, DK, FK, GP, VS, PP, AP, KK, HG. Drafting of the manuscript: MR, AA, FB, PK, AS, TK, MG, AP, TT, NP, SA, LG, EG, DK, FK, MM, GP, VS, PP, AP, KK, HG.