1. Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Clinical Epidemiology of Renal Diseases and Hypertension Unit, Centro Fisiologia Clinica CNR , Reggio Calabria , Rome
2. First Clinic of Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genoa , Genoa , Italy
3. IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa – Italian Cardiovascular Network , Genoa , Italy
4. Nephrology, Dialysis and Transplantation Unit, Grande Ospedale Metropolitano
5. Renal Research Institute , NY , USA
6. Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics (Biogem) , Ariano Irpino , Italy
7. Associazione Ipertensione Nefrologia Trapianto Renale (IPNET), c/o Nefrologia, Grande Ospedale Metropolitano , Reggio Calabria , Italy