Department of Internal and Specialistic Medicine, University of Catania Medical School, Catania, Italy
Center of Diabetology and Endocrine Diseases, Cannizzaro Hospital, Catania, Italy
Division of Endocrinology, Garibaldi Hospital, Catania, Italy
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