Arcangelo Liso d, Enrico Tiacci a, Roberto Binazzi e, Karen Pulford f, Roberta Benedetti a, Alessandra Carotti b, Franco Aversa g, Brunangelo Falini c, ⁎ 
a PhD students, Institute of Haematology, University of Perugia, Italy
b staff, Institute of Haematology, University of Perugia, Italy
c Professor of Haematology, Institute of Haematology, University of Perugia, Italy
d Assistant Professor of Haematology, University of Foggia, Italy
e Professor of Orthopaedics at the Instituti Ortopedici Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy
f Research lecturer at the Nuffield Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK
g Head of the BMT Unit, Policlinico, Monteluce, Perugia, Italy