About the Authors

Maria Teresa Valenti

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Clinica di Medicina Interna, Sezione D, University of Verona, Verona, Italy

Ulisse Garbin

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Clinica di Medicina Interna, Sezione D, University of Verona, Verona, Italy

Andrea Pasini

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Clinica di Medicina Interna, Sezione D, University of Verona, Verona, Italy

Mirko Zanatta

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Clinica di Medicina Interna, Sezione D, University of Verona, Verona, Italy

Chiara Stranieri

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Clinica di Medicina Interna, Sezione D, University of Verona, Verona, Italy

Stefania Manfro

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Clinica di Medicina Interna, Sezione D, University of Verona, Verona, Italy

Chiara Zucal

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Clinica di Medicina Interna, Sezione D, University of Verona, Verona, Italy

Luca Dalle Carbonare

luca.dallecarbonare@univr.it

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Clinica di Medicina Interna, Sezione D, University of Verona, Verona, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MTV UG. Performed the experiments: AP MZ CS SM CZ. Analyzed the data: MTV LDC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: UG LDC. Wrote the paper: MTV LDC.