Nogueira-Leite, Diogo http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3163-8694
Marques-Cruz, Manuel http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9827-2551
Cruz-Correia, Ricardo http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3764-5158
Article History
Received: 12 June 2023
Accepted: 22 March 2024
First Online: 18 April 2024
Declarations
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: The Ethics Committee of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto pronounced itself favorable to the research project on June 30, 2022 (Opinion 52/CEFMUP/2022), and thus that the study conformed with the Declaration of Helsinki in all relevant aspects. Moreover, since the study was merely observational and not experimental, there is no applicability of such a protocol approval by that or other Ethics Committee.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.