About the Authors

Maria Sofia Basile

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy

Emanuela Mazzon

Roles Conceptualization

Affiliation IRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino Pulejo, C.da Casazza, Messina, Italy

Andrea Russo

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, University of Catania, Catania, Italy

Santa Mammana

Roles Methodology

Affiliation IRCCS Centro Neurolesi Bonino Pulejo, C.da Casazza, Messina, Italy

Antonio Longo

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, University of Catania, Catania, Italy

Vincenza Bonfiglio

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, University of Catania, Catania, Italy

Matteo Fallico

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, University of Catania, Catania, Italy

Rosario Caltabiano

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Department 'G.F. Ingrassia', Section of Anatomic Pathology, University of Catania, Catania, Italy

Paolo Fagone

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

paolofagone@yahoo.it

Affiliation Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy

Ferdinando Nicoletti

Roles Conceptualization, Resources

Affiliation Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy

Teresio Avitabile

Roles Conceptualization

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, University of Catania, Catania, Italy

Michele Reibaldi

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, University of Catania, Catania, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.