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.