Cavalcante, Joeliton S.
Almeida, Juliana Sartorelo
Coutinho, João Victor C.
Castro, Edgar E. Neri
Pucca, Manuela B.
Alagón, Alejandro
Ferreira Junior, Rui Seabra
Funding for this research was provided by:
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (2021/11936-3)
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (2024/14131-4)
Article History
Received: 16 October 2025
Accepted: 20 November 2025
First Online: 9 January 2026
Declarations
:
: We declare that there are no conflicting interests.
: The study was approved by the ethics committees of the Botucatu School of Medicine (FMB–Unesp) and the Minas Gerais State Hospital Foundation (Fhemig) CAAE: 65315122.4.1001.5411 and 65315122.4.2003.5119. All procedures were performed in accordance with the ethical standards established in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments.