From the ∗Nuclear Medicine Department, Ente Ospedaliero “Ospedali Galliera,” Genoa
†Clinical and epidemiological research unit, University Hospital of Parma, Parma
‡General Surgery Department
§Internal Medicine Department, Ente Ospedaliero “Ospedali Galliera,” Genoa
∥Nuclear Medicine Department, University of Brescia and ASST Spedali Civili Di Brescia, P.le Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy
¶Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, Università della Svizzera Italiana (USI), Lugano
∗∗Clinic of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Lugano and Mendrisio Regional Hospital, Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, Bellinzona, Switzerland.
Received for publication July 1, 2022; revision accepted August 9, 2022.
A.P. and F.F. share coauthorship.
Conflicts of interest and sources of funding: none declared.
The data set used to generate the results presented in the present study is available from the corresponding author on a reasonable request.
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Correspondence to: Arnoldo Piccardo, MD, Department of Nuclear Medicine, E.O. Ospedali Galliera, Mura delle Cappuccine 14, 16128 Genoa, Italy. E-mail: [email protected].