Chirinos, Diana A.
Goldberg, Ronald B.
Llabre, Maria M.
Gellman, Marc
Gutt, Miriam
McCalla, Judith
Mendez, Armando
Schneiderman, Neil
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institutes of Health (P01HL365888)
Article History
Received: 9 September 2015
Accepted: 29 January 2016
First Online: 4 February 2016
Compliance with ethical standards
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: Diana A. Chirinos, Ronald B. Goldberg, Maria M. Llabre, Marc Gellman, Miriam Gutt, Judith McCalla, Armando Mendez and Neil Schneiderman declare that they have no conflict of interest to disclose.
: All procedures followed were in accordance with ethical standards of the responsible committee on human experimentation (institutional and national) and with the Helsinki Declaration of 1975, as revised in 2000. Informed consent was obtained from all patients for being included in the study.