Arriaga, Patrícia http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5766-0489
Melo, Ana Sofia
Caires, Susana http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8670-2163
Funding for this research was provided by:
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (SFRH/BD/80378/2011, UID/PSI/03125/2019, UID/CED/01661/2019)
Article History
First Online: 1 November 2019
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: All procedures were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and national research committee of the three Hospitals in which the study was conducted (Lisbon IPO Francisco Gentil, UIC/781, No.164/13; Oporto IPO, CES-IPO:203/013, and Oporto S. João Hospital Center, CES-HSJ:26/09/2012) and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study. Caregivers provided written informed consent and pediatric patients gave verbal assent.