Pitombeira, Milena Sales https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3298-0264
Koole, Michel
Campanholo, Kenia R.
Souza, Aline M.
Duran, Fábio L. S.
Solla, Davi J. Fontoura
Mendes, Maria F.
Pereira, Samira L. Apóstolos
Rimkus, Carolina M.
Busatto, Geraldo Filho
Callegaro, Dagoberto
Buchpiguel, Carlos A.
de Paula Faria, Daniele https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1766-2786
Funding for this research was provided by:
GE Healthcare (12496139131)
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (2018/15167-1)
Article History
Received: 2 December 2021
Accepted: 30 June 2022
First Online: 15 July 2022
Declarations
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: This cross-sectional study was approved by our local institutional ethics committees (registration number: 2.451.027) in accordance with the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki. To preserve participant confidentiality, all image data was anonymized, and a number was assigned to each subject. All records were stored on password-protected computers which were only accessible by the main investigators.
: All participants included in this study gave written informed consent.
: M. S. P. has received compensation for consulting services and/or speaking activities from Biogen, Novartis, and Roche. M. F. M. has received speaker honoraria from Biogen, Merck, Novartis, Roche, and Schering and financial support for conducting research from Biogen and Schering. S. L. A. P. received travel grants, preceptorships, and research support from Genzyme, Roche, Novartis, Merk-Serono, Teva, and Biogen. C. M. R. has received speaker honoraria from Roche and BCTRIMS. D. G. has received compensations for preceptorships and research support from Genzyme, Roche, Novartis, Merk-Serono, Teva, and Biogen. G. B. F., C. A. B., M. K., K. R. C., A. M. S, F. L. S. D., D. J. F. S., and D. P. F. have no conflicts of interest to declare.