Gomes, Cátia
Cunha, Carolina
Nascimento, Filipe
Ribeiro, Joaquim A.
Vaz, Ana Rita
Brites, Dora http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3024-9777
Article History
Received: 4 April 2018
Accepted: 29 June 2018
First Online: 11 July 2018
Compliance with Ethical Standards
: This study was performed in accordance with the European Community guidelines (Directives 86/609/EU and 2010/63/EU, Recommendation 2007/526/CE, European Convention for the Protection of Vertebrate Animals used for Experimental or Other Scientific Purposes ETS 123/Appendix A) and Portuguese Laws on Animal Care (Decreto-Lei 129/92, Portaria 1005/92, Portaria 466/95, Decreto-Lei 197/96, Portaria 1131/97). All the protocols used in this study were approved by the Portuguese National Authority (General Direction of Veterinary) and the Ethics Committee of the Instituto de Medicina Molecular (iMM) of the Faculty of Medicine, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal.
: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.