Guimarães, Maria Fernanda Brandão de Resende http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3865-3739
de Andrade, Marcus Vinícius Melo http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3716-0919
Machado, Carla Jorge http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6871-0709
Vieira, Érica Leandro Marciano
Pinto, Maria Raquel da Costa http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7093-830X
Júnior, Antônio Lúcio Teixeira
Kakehasi, Adriana Maria
Funding for this research was provided by:
Fundo de Apoio à pesquisa da Sociedade Brasileira de Reumatologia
Article History
Received: 11 May 2018
Accepted: 7 June 2018
First Online: 11 June 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The authors declare they have no conflicts of interest regarding the publication of this paper.
: We declare that this study was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) on January 10, 2012 (CAAE-0547.0.203.000-11) and was, therefore, conducted in accordance with the ethical standards set forth in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its subsequent amendments.
: All patients gave their informed consent prior to their inclusion in the study. Details that may reveal the identity of the subjects under study have been omitted.