About the Authors

Alberto Ferlin

Affiliation Section of Clinical Pathology, Department of Histology, Microbiology and Medical Biotechnologies, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Lisa Perilli

Affiliation Section of Clinical Pathology, Department of Histology, Microbiology and Medical Biotechnologies, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Lisa Gianesello

Affiliation Section of Clinical Pathology, Department of Histology, Microbiology and Medical Biotechnologies, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Giuseppe Taglialavoro

Affiliation Orthopaedic and Traumatological Clinic, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Carlo Foresta

carlo.foresta@unipd.it

Affiliation Section of Clinical Pathology, Department of Histology, Microbiology and Medical Biotechnologies, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AF CF. Performed the experiments: LP LG. Analyzed the data: AF LP LG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GT CF. Wrote the paper: AF LP LG.