1 Chair of Endocrinology, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milano, Italy. a.giustina@libero.it.
2 Clinic of Endocrinology and Metabolism Disease, Ospedali Riuniti di Ancona, Ancona, Italy.
3 Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
4 Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
5 Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy.
6 Pituitary Unit, Catholic University School of Medicine, Rome, Italy.
7 Department of Internal Medicine, General Hospital, Montebelluna (TV), Italy.
8 Section of Endocrinology and Internal Medicine, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy.
9 Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, Section of Internal Medicine, Endocrinology, Andrology and Metabolic Diseases, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy.
10 Endocrinology, Diabetology and Metabolism, AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza of Turin, Turin, Italy.
11 Endocrinology Unit, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University and Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Italy.
12 Department of Medicine (DIMED), 3rd Medical Clinic, Azienda Ospedaliera Padova, Padova, Italy.
13 Department of Clinical and Surgery Medicine, Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Naples, Naples, Italy.
14 Department of Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Turin, Turin, Italy.
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