Giovanni Caocci, MD1, Olga Mulas2*, Isabella Capodanno, MD3*, Mario Annunziata, MD4*, Elisabetta Abruzzese, MD 5, Sara Galimberti, MD, PhD6*, Mario Tiribelli, MD7*, Luigiana Luciano, MD8, Bruno Martino, MD9*, Fausto Castagnetti, MD, PhD10, Gianni Binotto, MD11*, Patrizia Pregno12*, Fabio Stagno, MD, PhD13, Monica Bocchia14*, Francesco Albano15*, Debora Luzi16*, Claudio Fozza, MD17*, Massimiliano Bonifacio, MD18*, Chiara Elena, MD19*, Antonella Gozzini, MD20*, Maria Pina Simula21*, Malgorzata Monika Trawinska, MD22*, Claudia Baratè, MD6*, Rossella Stella, MD7*, Fiorenza De Gregorio, MD23*, Gabriele Gugliotta, MD, PhD10, Francesca Pirillo24*, Daniele Cattaneo25*, Anna Sicuranza, PhD26*, Imma Attolico, MD27*, Luigi Scaffidi, MD18*, Emilia Scalzulli, MD28*, Alessandra Iurlo, MD, PhD29*, Robin Foà, MD30, Massimo Breccia, MD31* and Giorgio La Nasa, MD32*
1Ematologia-Centro Trapianti Midollo Osseo, Ospedale Businco, Dipartimento di Scienze mediche e Sanità Pubblica, Università di Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
2Department of Medical Sciences and Public Health, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
3Hematology Department, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy
4Hematology Unit, Cardarelli Hospital, Naples, Italy
5Hemoglobinopathies Unit, Hematology Department, S. Eugenio Hospital (ASL Roma 2), Tor Vergata University, Rome Italy, Rome, Italy
6Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Section of Hematology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
7Division of Hematology and BMT, Department of Medical Area, University of Udine, Udine, Italy
8Hematology Unit, Federico II University of Naples, Napoli, Italy
9Division of Hematology, Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Bianchi Melacrino Morelli, Reggio Calabria, Italy
10Institute of Hematology "L. e A. Seràgnoli", University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
11Department of Medicine, Hematology and Clinical Immunology, Padua School of Medicine, Padua, Italy
12AZ OSP CITTA' DELLA SALUTE E SCIENZA TORINO, University of Torino, TORINO, Italy
13Hematology Section and BMT Unit, Rodolico Hospital, AOU Policlinico - V. Emanuele, Catania, Catania, Italy
14Hematology, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
15Hematology and Stem cell Transplantation Unit - Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation (D.E.T.O.) - University of Bari, Bari, Italy
16Hematology, Azienda Ospedaliera - S. Mariai Terni, Terni, ITA
17Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Sassari, Sassari, Italy
18Department of Medicine, Section of Hematology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
19Department of Hematology Oncology, Foundation IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
20Hematology Unit, AOU Careggi, University of Florence, Florence, ITA
21Hematology, Businco Hospital, Cagliari, ITA
22ASL Roma2, Department of Hematology S. Eugenio Hospital, Rome, Italy, Rome, Italy
23Hematology - Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, Federico II University, Napoli, Italy
24Hematology Unit, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Città della Salute e della Scienza, Torino, Italy
25FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA' GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO, MILANO, ITA
26Hematology, University of Siena, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Senese, Siena, Italy
27Haematology, University of Bari, Potenza, Italy
28Department of Cellular Biotechnologies and Hematology, University "Sapienza", Rome, Italy
29Hematology Division, Foundation IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
30Hematology, Department of Cellular Biotechnologies and Hematology, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Rome, Italy
31Department of Translational and Precision Medicine, Sapienza University, Roma, Italy
32Hematology, Hospital Businco, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy