About the Authors
- Maria Pia Francescato
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* E-mail: maria.francescato@uniud.it
Affiliation Department of Medical and Biological Sciences, University of Udine, Udine, Italy
- Giuliana Stel
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Affiliation Department of Medical and Biological Sciences, University of Udine, Udine, Italy
- Elisabetta Stenner
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Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, Ospedali Riuniti di Trieste, Trieste, Italy
- Mario Geat
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Affiliation Department of Medical and Biological Sciences, University of Udine, Udine, Italy
Competing Interests
The financial support by Bayer Italia S.p.A. does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MF MG. Performed the experiments: MF MG GS. Analyzed the data: MF ES GS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GS ES. Wrote the paper: MF GS ES MG.