About the Authors

Anna Latiano

a.latiano @operapadrepio.it

Affiliation Gastroenterology Unit, IRCCS “Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza,” San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy

Orazio Palmieri

Affiliation Gastroenterology Unit, IRCCS “Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza,” San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy

Tiziana Latiano

Affiliation Gastroenterology Unit, IRCCS “Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza,” San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy

Giuseppe Corritore

Affiliation Gastroenterology Unit, IRCCS “Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza,” San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy

Fabrizio Bossa

Affiliation Gastroenterology Unit, IRCCS “Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza,” San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy

Giuseppina Martino

Affiliation Gastroenterology Unit, IRCCS “Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza,” San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy

Giuseppe Biscaglia

Affiliation Gastroenterology Unit, IRCCS “Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza,” San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy

Daniela Scimeca

Affiliation Gastroenterology Unit, IRCCS “Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza,” San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy

Maria Rosa Valvano

Affiliation Gastroenterology Unit, IRCCS “Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza,” San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy

Maria Pastore

Affiliation Division of Paediatrics, IRCCS “Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza,” San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy

Antonio Marseglia

Affiliation Division of Paediatrics, IRCCS “Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza,” San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy

Renata D'Incà

Affiliation Department of Surgical and Gastroenterological Sciences, University of Padua, Padua, Italy

Angelo Andriulli

Affiliation Gastroenterology Unit, IRCCS “Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza,” San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy

Vito Annese

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, University Hospital Careggi, Florence, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LA PO AV. Performed the experiments: LT CG. Analyzed the data: VMR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BF MG BG SD PM MA DIR. Wrote the paper: LA. Supervised manuscript preparation and patient recruitment: AA AV. Supervised writing of the manuscript: AA.