Francesca Palandri, MD1*, Giulia Benevolo, MD2*, Elena Maria Elli, MD3*, Roberto Latagliata4*, Giuseppe Auteri, MD5,6*, Filippo Branzanti, MSc1*, Mario Tiribelli, MD7*, Francesco Cavazzini, MD8*, Alessia Tieghi, MD9*, Nicola Polverelli, MD10, Alessandra D'Addio, MD11*, Elisabetta Abruzzese, MD12, Federica Colombo, MD13*, Marta Venturi1,5*, Francesco Ramundo14,15*, Rikard Mullai, MD16*, Antonio Cuneo, MD17*, Benedetto Bruno, MD, PhD18, Michele Cavo, MD5,19*, Giuseppe Alberto Palumbo, MD20*, Florian H Heidel, MD21, Massimo Breccia22* and Valerio De Stefano, MD15,23*
1IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Istituto di Ematologia “Seràgnoli”, Bologna, Italy, Bologna, Italy
2University Hematology Division, Città della Salute e della Scienza Hospital, Torino, Italy, Torino, Italy
3Fondazione IRCCS, San Gerardo dei Tintori, Monza, Monza, Italy
4Hematology Unit, Ospedale Belcolle, Viterbo, Italy, Rome, ITA
5Dipartimento di Medicina Specialistica, Diagnostica e Sperimentale, Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy, Bologna, Italy
6IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna, Istituto di Ematologia “Seràgnoli”, Bologna, Italy, Bologna, ITA
7Division of Hematology and BMT, Department of Medical Area, University of Udine, Udine, Italy
8Division of Hematology, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Ferrara, ITA
9Department of Hematology, Azienda USL - IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, ITA
10Unit of Blood Diseases and Stem Cells Transplantation, Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia, ASST Spedali Civili of Brescia, Brescia, Brescia, Italy
11Division of Hematology, Onco-hematologic Department, AUSL della Romagna, Ravenna, Ravenna, ITA
12Division of Hematology, Ospedale S. Eugenio, Roma, Roma, Italy
13Hematology Department, Fondazione IRCCS San Gerardo dei Tintori, Monza, Italy
14Hematology Division, Sapienza University, Policlinico Umberto I, Rome, Roma, Italy
15Institute of Hematology, Catholic University School of Medicine, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Roma, Italy
16Division of Hematology and BMT, Department of Medical Area, University of Udine, Udine, Udine, Italy
17Division of Hematology, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
18Division of Hematology and Stem Cell Transplant Unit, University Hospital AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza, Torino, Italy
19Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche e Chirurgiche, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
20Department of Scienze Mediche, Chirurgiche e Tecnologie Avanzate “G.F. Ingrassia”, University of Catania, Catania, Catania, Italy
21Internal Medicine II, Hematology and Oncology, Friedrich-Schiller-University Medical Center, Jena, Germany, Greifswald, Germany
22Division of Cellular Biotechnologies and Hematology, University Sapienza, Roma, Roma, Italy
23Hematology Division, Sapienza University, Policlinico Umberto I, Rome, Rome, Italy