1. U.O.C di Medicina Interna con Stroke Care, Dipartimento Biomedico di Medicina Interna e Specialistica (Di.Bi.M.I.S), University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
2. CNR-IBIM: Institute of Biomedicine and Molecular Immunology “A. Monroy” Palermo, Palermo, Italy
3. Stroke Unit, Neurology, Saint Andrea Hospital, La Spezia, Italy
4. Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada