About the Authors

Fulvio Braido

Contributed equally to this work with: Fulvio Braido, Ilaria Baiardini

fulvio.braido@unige.it

Affiliation Allergy and Respiratory Disease Clinic, Ospedale S. Martino Genoa, Genoa, Italy

Ilaria Baiardini

Contributed equally to this work with: Fulvio Braido, Ilaria Baiardini

Affiliation Allergy and Respiratory Disease Clinic, Ospedale S. Martino Genoa, Genoa, Italy

Stefania Menoni

Affiliation Biostatistic Unit, Department of Health Science, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy

Federica Gani

Affiliation Allergy Unit, Respiratory Diseases Division, A.O.U. San Luigi, Orbassano, Torino, Italy

Gian Enrico Senna

Affiliation Allergy Service, Verona Major Hospital, Verona, Italy

Erminia Ridolo

Affiliation Clinical Sciences, University of Parma, Parma, Italy

Veruska Schoepf

Affiliation Allergy and Respiratory Disease Clinic, Ospedale S. Martino Genoa, Genoa, Italy

Anthi Rogkakou

Affiliation Allergy and Respiratory Disease Clinic, Ospedale S. Martino Genoa, Genoa, Italy

Giorgio Walter Canonica

Affiliation Allergy and Respiratory Disease Clinic, Ospedale S. Martino Genoa, Genoa, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FB IB GWC. Performed the experiments: FB IB FG GES ER AR VS. Analyzed the data: SM IB FB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SM IB FB. Wrote the paper: FB IB GWC SM.