1. Immune Response and Vascular Disease Unit Nova University Lisbon Portugal
2. Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary Dumfries UK
3. Department of Rheumatology American University of Beirut Beirut Lebanon
4. Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine University of Salerno Salerno Italy
5. Prima Clinica Medica, Atherothrombosis Centre, Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties Sapienza University of Rome Rome Italy
6. Division of Nephrology, Dialysis and Renal Transplantation San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi d'Aragona, University of Salerno Salerno Italy
7. Department of Medicine and Health Sciences Universita' del Molise Campobasso Italy