Martino, Francesco http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6812-1675
Pereira-da-Mota, Ana Filipa
Amorim-de-Sousa, Ana
Castro-Torres, José Juan
González-Méijome, José Manuel
Funding for this research was provided by:
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (PTDC/FIS-OPT/0677/2014 UID/FIS/04650/2019)
Article History
Received: 20 January 2022
Accepted: 2 December 2022
First Online: 13 December 2022
Declarations
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: The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest. Also, the authors have no relevant financial or non-financial interests to disclose. José Manuel González Méijome has a proprietary interest in the LDA device. Other authors declare that they do not have any proprietary or financial interest in any of the materials mentioned in this article.
: Following the Declaration of Helsinki (World Medical Declaration of Helsinki, 2001), all patients were informed and carry out about the purpose of the study and all methods. All the subjects had the opportunity to clarify their doubts and sign an informed consent form before being enrolled in the study. So, the informed consent was obtained for all the participants. The study protocol was reviewed and approved by the Ethics Subcommittee for Life and Health Sciences of the University of Minho.