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  1. Clinica Medica, Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche e Molecolari, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Via Tronto 10/A, 60126, Ancona, AN, Italy

    Paolo Fraticelli, Marco Cardinali, Lorenzo Biondi, Devis Benfaremo, Massimo Mattioli & Armando Gabrielli

  2. Anatomia Patologica, Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche e Sanità Pubblica, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy

    Roberta Mazzucchelli & Rodolfo Montironi

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Fraticelli, P., Cardinali, M., Biondi, L. et al. A painful diagnosis. Intern Emerg Med 12, 341–347 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-017-1638-4

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