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DECLARATION
Acknowledgments
Many thanks to Dr. Davide Ciclamini for figures 4 and 5 (courtesy of Dr. Davide Ciclamini).
Authors’ contributions
Planned the study and reviewed the article: Artiaco S, Colzani G
Performed analysis and contributed to the writing of the text: Vezza D, Limone B, Bosco F, Giustra F
Availability of data and materials
Not applicable.
Financial support and sponsorship
None.
Conflicts of interest
All authors declared that there are no conflicts of interest.
Ethical approval and consent to participate
Not applicable. Informed consent was obtained from the patients involved in this manuscript.
Consent for publication
The pictured patients who were treated by the authors of this manuscript have given their approval to have
their images published for research purposes.
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