Silva, Luís A. P.
Campagnolo, Stefano
Fernandes, Sara R.
Marques, Sara S.
Barreiros, Luisa http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3481-5809
Sampaio-Maia, Benedita
Segundo, Marcela A.
Funding for this research was provided by:
European Regional Development Fund through COMPETE 2020, together with FCT (PTDC/MEC-MCI/29777/2017)
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (Program DL 57/2016 – Norma transitória, SFRH/BD/130948/2017, COVID/BD/152406/2022, UIDB/50006/2020, UIDP/50006/2020)
Article History
Received: 30 August 2022
Revised: 4 November 2022
Accepted: 22 November 2022
First Online: 5 December 2022
Declarations
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: The study protocol was approved by the Ethics Committee at <i>Centro Hospitalar de São João</i> (ref. CES 87–15) and performed in agreement with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and subsequent revisions. Written informed consent was obtained from all participants before sample collection.
: The authors declare no competing interests.