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Acknowledgements

This study was supported by a Grant from the Rete Cardiologica from the Italian Ministry of Health to Fabrizio Montecucco.

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  1. First Clinic of Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genoa, 6 viale Benedetto XV, 16132, Genoa, Italy

    Aldo Bonaventura & Fabrizio Montecucco

  2. IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, 10 Largo Benzi, 16132, Genoa, Italy

    Fabrizio Montecucco

  3. Centre of Excellence for Biomedical Research (CEBR), University of Genoa, 9 viale Benedetto XV, 16132, Genoa, Italy

    Fabrizio Montecucco

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AB and FM conceived the manuscript. AB wrote the manuscript draft. FM read critically and improved the manuscript.

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Correspondence to Aldo Bonaventura.

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Bonaventura, A., Montecucco, F. Comment on “Characterization of circulating leukocytes and correlation of leukocyte subsets with metabolic parameters 1 and 5 years after diabetes diagnosis”. Acta Diabetol 56, 127–128 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00592-018-1229-5

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