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Marco Carotenuto1 \*, Rosa Marotta<sup>2</sup> , Francesco Precenzano1 , Maria Ruberto3 , Lucia Parisi4 , Beatrice Gallai5 , Annabella Di Folco4 , Margherita Salerno4 , Agata Maltese4 , Francesca Felicia Operto6 and Michele Roccella4

1 Sleep Lab for Developmental Age, Clinic of Child and Adolescent Neuropsychiatry, Department of Mental Health, Physical and Preventive Medicine, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Caserta, Italy

2 Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University "Magna Graecia", Catanzaro, Italy

3 CDR Santa Maria del Pozzo, Somma Vesuviana, Naples, Italy

4 Department of Psychology, Educational and Science and Human Movement, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy

5 Department of Surgical and Biomedical Sciences, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy

6 Child Neuropsychiatry Unit, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Odontostomatology, University of Salerno, Italy

\*Address all correspondence to: marco.carotenuto@unicampania.it

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