Francesca Palandri, MD, PhD1*, Daniela Bartoletti, MSc1*, Giulia Benevolo2*, Massimo Breccia, MD3*, Elena M Elli, MD4*, Francesco Cavazzini, MD5*, Gianni Binotto, MD6*, Alessia Tieghi, MD7*, Mario Tiribelli, MD8*, Florian H. Heidel, MD9*, Massimiliano Bonifacio, MD10*, Novella Pugliese, MD11,12*, Giovanni Caocci, MD13, Monica Crugnola, MD14*, Francesco Mendicino, MD15*, Enrica A Martino, MD15*, Alessandra D'Addio, MD16*, Simona Tomassetti, MD17*, Bruno Martino, MD18*, Giuseppe Auteri, MD1*, Lucia Catani, PhD1*, Rossella Stella, MD8*, Fabio D'Amore, MD6*, Luigi Scaffidi, MD10*, Nicola Polverelli, MD19*, Fabrizio Pane, MD11, Antonio Cuneo, MD20*, Mauro Krampera, MD, PhD10, Gianpietro Semenzato, MD6*, Roberto M. Lemoli21, Nicola Vianelli, MD1*, Michele Cavo1*, Giuseppe A. Palumbo, MD, PhD22* and Roberto Latagliata23*
1Institute of Hematology "L. & A. Seragnoli", Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Via Albertoni 15, Bologna, Italy
2Hematology Division , Città della Salute e della Scienza Hospital, Turin, Italy
3Department of Cellular Biotechnologies and Hematology, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
4Hematology, San Gerardo Hospital, MONZA, Italy
5Division of Hematology, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Ferrara, Azienda Ospedaliera-Universitaria, Arcispedale S. Anna, Ferrara, Italy
6Department of Medicine, Hematology and Clinical Immunology, Padua School of Medicine, Padua, Italy
7Hematology Unit, Azienda Unità Sanitaria-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy
8Division of Hematology and BMT, Department of Medical Area, University of Udine, Udine, Italy
9Internal Medicine II, Hematology and Oncology, Friedrich-Schiller-University Medical Center, Jena, Germany, Jena, Germany
10Department of Medicine, Section of Hematology, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
11Hematology - Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, University Federico II, Naples, Italy
12Hematology Unit, University Federico II, Naples, Italy
13Hematology Unit, Department of Medical Sciences and Public Health, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, ITA
14Hematology and BMT Center, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Parma, Parma, Italy
15Hematology Unit, Department of Hemato-Oncology, Ospedale Annunziata, Cosenza, Italy
16Division of Hematology, Onco-hematologic Department, AUSL della Romagna, Ravenna, Ravenna, ITA
17Hematology Unit, Infermi Hospital Rimini, Rimini, ITA
18Hematology Unit, Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli Hospital, Reggio Calabria, Italy
19Unit of Blood Diseases and Stem Cell Transplantation, Dpt of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia, ASST-Spedali Civili di Brescia, Brescia, Italy
20Hematology section, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Ferrara - Azienda Ospedaliera-Universitaria di Ferrara, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
21Clinic of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine (DiMI), IRCCS AOU San Martino-IST, Genova, Genova, Italy
22Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche Chirurgiche e Tecnologie Avanzate "G.F. Ingrassia", Università degli Studi di Catania, Catania, Italy
23Hematology Unit, Ospedale Belcolle, Viterbo, Italy