About the Authors

Enzo Vicari

Affiliation Section of Endocrinology, Andrology and Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine and Systemic Diseases, University of Catania, Catania, Italy

Sandro La Vignera

Affiliation Section of Endocrinology, Andrology and Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine and Systemic Diseases, University of Catania, Catania, Italy

Domenico Arcoria

Affiliation Section of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy

Rosita Condorelli

Affiliation Section of Endocrinology, Andrology and Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine and Systemic Diseases, University of Catania, Catania, Italy

Lucia O. Vicari

Affiliation Section of Endocrinology, Andrology and Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine and Systemic Diseases, University of Catania, Catania, Italy

Roberto Castiglione

Affiliation Section of Endocrinology, Andrology and Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine and Systemic Diseases, University of Catania, Catania, Italy

Andrea Mangiameli

Affiliation Section of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, Italy

Aldo E. Calogero

acaloger@unict.it

Affiliation Section of Endocrinology, Andrology and Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine and Systemic Diseases, University of Catania, Catania, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EV AEC. Performed the experiments: SLV DA R. Condorelli LOV R. Castiglione AM. Analyzed the data: EV R. Castiglione AEC. Wrote the paper: EV AEC.