About the Authors

Dionysios V. Chartoumpekis

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Medical School, University of Patras, Patras, Greece

Apostolos Zaravinos

Affiliation Laboratory of Clinical Virology, Medical School, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece

Panos G. Ziros

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Medical School, University of Patras, Patras, Greece

Ralitsa P. Iskrenova

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Medical School, University of Patras, Patras, Greece

Agathoklis I. Psyrogiannis

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Medical School, University of Patras, Patras, Greece

Venetsana E. Kyriazopoulou

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Medical School, University of Patras, Patras, Greece

Ioannis G. Habeos

ihabeos@med.upatras.gr

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Medical School, University of Patras, Patras, Greece

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DVC PGZ IGH. Performed the experiments: DVC PGZ RPI IGH. Analyzed the data: AZ DVC IGH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AZ AIP VEK. Wrote the paper: DVC AZ IGH AIP VEK.