About the Authors

Valeria Calcaterra

Affiliations Department of the Mother and Child Health, Pediatric Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

Pierangelo Veggiotti

Affiliations Department of Child Neurology and Psychiatry C. Mondino National Neurological Institute, Pavia, Italy, Brain and Behaviour Department, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

Clara Palestrini

Affiliation Dipartimento di Scienze Veterinarie e Sanità Pubblica, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy

Valentina De Giorgis

Affiliation Brain and Behaviour Department, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

Roberto Raschetti

Affiliation Department of the Mother and Child Health, Pediatric Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy

Massimiliano Tumminelli

Affiliation Department of Child Neurology and Psychiatry C. Mondino National Neurological Institute, Pavia, Italy

Simonetta Mencherini

Affiliation Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy

Francesca Papotti

Affiliation Dipartimento di Scienze Veterinarie e Sanità Pubblica, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milano, Italy

Catherine Klersy

Affiliation Biometry & Clinical Epidemiology, Scientific Direction, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy

Riccardo Albertini

Affiliation Laboratory of Clinical Chemistry, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy

Selene Ostuni

Affiliation Pediatric Surgery Unit, Department of the Mother and Child Health, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy

Gloria Pelizzo

g.pelizzo@smatteo.pv.it

Affiliations Pediatric Surgery Unit, Department of the Mother and Child Health, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy, Department of Clinical-Surgical, Diagnostic and Pediatric Sciences University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VC PV CP GP. Performed the experiments: VD MT RR FP SM SO. Analyzed the data: VC PV CK GP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RA. Wrote the paper: VC PV VD GP.