Cunha, Samuel Frota https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9829-1197
Santos, Jônatas Magalhães https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9366-3441
Moreira-Neto, Acácio https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1477-5849
Shavitt, Roseli Gedanke https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5959-5748
Ferrão, Ygor Arzeno https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3770-5912
do Rosário, Maria Conceição https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9687-0072
de Mathis, Maria Alice Simões https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8296-9680
de Oliveira, Marcos Vinícius Sousa https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5186-7577
Fontenelle, Leonardo F. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9075-8226
Miguel, Euripedes Constantino https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9393-3103
Batistuzzo, Marcelo Camargo https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1347-8241
Hoexter, Marcelo Queiroz https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9302-4380
Article History
Received: 9 March 2026
Accepted: 10 May 2026
First Online: 18 June 2026
Declarations
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: This study was performed in line with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. Approval was granted by the local Ethics Committees of the involved centers (Process: USP-968/05; IPA-6600023; UFRGS-06/171; Unifesp-302/2006 and UFRJ-0024.0.249.000-06). Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.
: The authors declare no competing interests.