Dantas, Roberto Nery Jr
Assuncao, Antonildes Nascimento Jr
Marques, Ismar Aguiar
Fahel, Mateus Guimaraes
Nomura, Cesar Higa
Avila, Luiz Francisco Rodrigues
Giorgi, Maria Clementina Pinto
Soares, Jose Jr
Meneghetti, Jose Claudio
Parga, Jose Rodrigues
Article History
Received: 16 August 2017
Revised: 3 December 2017
Accepted: 18 December 2017
First Online: 19 January 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The scientific guarantor of this publication is Jose Rodrigues Parga.
: The authors of this manuscript declare no relationships with any companies whose products or services may be related to the subject matter of the article.
: Marcio Augusto Diniz kindly provided statistical advice for this manuscript.One of the authors has significant statistical expertise (Antonildes N. Assuncao).
: Written informed consent was obtained from all subjects (patients) in this study.
: Institutional review board approval was obtained.
: • Prospective• Diagnostic or prognostic study• Performed at one institution