About the Authors

Damiano Gullo

Contributed equally to this work with: Damiano Gullo, Adele Latina

damiano.gullo@poste.it

Affiliation Endocrine Unit, Department of Clinical and Molecular Biomedicine, University of Catania Medical School, Garibaldi-Nesima Hospital, Catania, Italy

Adele Latina

Contributed equally to this work with: Damiano Gullo, Adele Latina

Affiliation Endocrine Unit, Department of Clinical and Molecular Biomedicine, University of Catania Medical School, Garibaldi-Nesima Hospital, Catania, Italy

Francesco Frasca

Affiliation Endocrine Unit, Department of Clinical and Molecular Biomedicine, University of Catania Medical School, Garibaldi-Nesima Hospital, Catania, Italy

Rosario Le Moli

Affiliation Endocrine Unit, Department of Clinical and Molecular Biomedicine, University of Catania Medical School, Garibaldi-Nesima Hospital, Catania, Italy

Gabriella Pellegriti

Affiliation Endocrine Unit, Department of Clinical and Molecular Biomedicine, University of Catania Medical School, Garibaldi-Nesima Hospital, Catania, Italy

Riccardo Vigneri

Affiliation Endocrine Unit, Department of Clinical and Molecular Biomedicine, University of Catania Medical School, Garibaldi-Nesima Hospital, Catania, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DG AL RV. Performed the experiments: DG AL RV. Analyzed the data: DG AL RV. Wrote the paper: DG RV. Critical revision of the article for important intellectual content: DG FF AL RV. Collection and assembly of data: DG AL FF RLM GP.