About the Authors
- Rosa Anna Iorio
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Affiliation Department of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
- Stefano Del Duca
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* E-mail: stefano.delduca@unibo.it
Affiliation Department of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
- Elisabetta Calamelli
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Affiliation Department of Pediatric Allergology of the Women's, Children's and Adolescents' Health Gozzadini Children's Hospital Sant'Orsola-Malpighi, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
- Chiara Pula
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Affiliation Department of Pediatric Allergology of the Women's, Children's and Adolescents' Health Gozzadini Children's Hospital Sant'Orsola-Malpighi, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
- Magda Lodolini
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Affiliation Laboratory Analysis Unit. Maggiore Hospital, Bologna, Italy
- Fortuna Scamardella
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Affiliation Laboratory Analysis Unit. Maggiore Hospital, Bologna, Italy
- Andrea Pession
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Affiliation Department of Pediatric Allergology of the Women's, Children's and Adolescents' Health Gozzadini Children's Hospital Sant'Orsola-Malpighi, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
- Giampaolo Ricci
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Affiliation Department of Pediatric Allergology of the Women's, Children's and Adolescents' Health Gozzadini Children's Hospital Sant'Orsola-Malpighi, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SDD GR AP. Performed the experiments: RI CP EC ML FS. Analyzed the data: SDD RI GR AP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SDD GR AP. Wrote the paper: SDD RI GR CP EC. Designed the pollen molecular investigation: SDD. Designed the clinical investigation: GR AP. Performed the molecular biology experiments: RI. Performed the clinical observational studies: CP EC. Performed the immunological tests of sera against Phl p12: ML FS.