Authors Contributions
Principal investigator and conceptualization: CEC, MA. Protocol development: MA, CEC. Funding
acquisition: CEC, MA. Project administration: CEC, MA. Enrolment of patients: ADI, RP. Data curation and formal analysis: AL, MA, MM. Sample collection, handling and Methodology: ADI, RP MM, CG, FB, AFP. Drafting original manuscript: CG. Critical review and editing of manuscript: AL, ADI, AFP, CEC, CG, FB, FO, GT, HE, KC, MA, MM, RP.