About the Authors

Elena Angela Lusi

elenaangelalusi@yahoo.it

Affiliation St Vincent Private Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

Vincenzo Maria Di Ciommo

Affiliation Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesu’, Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit, Rome, Italy

Tommaso Patrissi

Affiliation Central Laboratory, Cardiology and Preventive Medicine Unit, Italian Red Cross, Rome, Italy

Paolo Guarascio

Affiliation Liver Unit, St Camillo-Forlanini Hospital, Rome, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EAL. Performed the experiments: EAL TP PG. Analyzed the data: VMDC EAL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EAL TP PG. Wrote the paper: EAL VMDC.