Acknowledgments
We thank Dra. Carmen Araguás and Dra. Teresa Giménez from the Haematology department of Clinical Chemistry Laboratory, Joan XXIII University Hospital (Tarragona) for their support and technical assistance.
Research funding: None declared.
Author contributions: Silvia Montolio: conceptualization, analysis and interpretation of data, writing and review. Rafael Sánchez: conceptualization, analysis and interpretation of data, revision, supervision and final approval. Carmen Araguás: analysis and interpretation of data and revision. Teresa Giménez: analysis and interpretation of data, revision and supervision. All authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this manuscript and approved its submission.
Competing interests: Authors state no conflict of interest.
Ethical approval: The research was in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by authors’ Institutional Review Board.
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