About the Authors
- Elisabetta Bacchi
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Contributed equally to this work with: Elisabetta Bacchi, Carlo Negri
Affiliation Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, University and Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata of Verona, Verona, Italy
- Carlo Negri
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Contributed equally to this work with: Elisabetta Bacchi, Carlo Negri
Affiliation Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, University and Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata of Verona, Verona, Italy
- Maddalena Trombetta
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Affiliation Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, University and Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata of Verona, Verona, Italy
- Maria Elisabetta Zanolin
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Affiliation Section of Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
- Massimo Lanza
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Affiliation Section of Motor Sciences, Department of Neurological, Neuropsychological, Morphological and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
- Enzo Bonora
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Affiliation Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, University and Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata of Verona, Verona, Italy
- Paolo Moghetti
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* E-mail: paolo.moghetti@univr.it
Affiliation Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, University and Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata of Verona, Verona, Italy
Competing Interests
Please note that Enzo Bonora, co-author of the manuscript, is no longer a member of the Editorial Board of the journal. Therefore we do not think it is necessary to make any specific statement on his role. However, we are willing to declare that this does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: E. Bacchi CN ML PM. Performed the experiments: E. Bacchi CN MT. Analyzed the data: E. Bacchi CN MEZ PM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CN MT. Wrote the paper: E. Bacchi CN PM. Interpreted the data: E. Bacchi CN E. Bonora PM. Revised the paper critically for important intellectual content: MT MEZ ML E. Bonora.