About the Authors

Matteo Nespeca

Affiliation Division of Neonatology, Department of Clinical Sciences Polytechnic University of Marche and Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Ospedali Riuniti, Ancona, Italy

Chiara Giorgetti

Affiliation Division of Neonatology, Department of Clinical Sciences Polytechnic University of Marche and Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Ospedali Riuniti, Ancona, Italy

Stefano Nobile

Affiliation Division of Neonatology, Department of Clinical Sciences Polytechnic University of Marche and Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Ospedali Riuniti, Ancona, Italy

Ilaria Ferrini

Affiliation Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Manuela Simonato

Affiliation Pediatric Research Institute “Città della speranza”, Padova, Italy

Giovanna Verlato

Affiliation Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Paola Cogo

Affiliation Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Udine, Udine, Italy

Virgilio Paolo Carnielli

v.carnielli@univpm.it

Affiliation Division of Neonatology, Department of Clinical Sciences Polytechnic University of Marche and Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Ospedali Riuniti, Ancona, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PC VPC. Performed the experiments: MN CG SN IF GV. Analyzed the data: MS PC VPC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MS PC VPC GV. Wrote the paper: MN CG MS PC VPC.