Real, Juliana Monte
Ferreira, Ludmila Rodrigues Pinto
Esteves, Gustavo Henrique
Koyama, Fernanda Christtanini
Dias, Marcos Vinícius Salles
Bezerra-Neto, João Evangelista
Cunha-Neto, Edécio
Machado, Flavia Ribeiro
Salomão, Reinaldo
Azevedo, Luciano Cesar Pontes http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6759-3910
Funding for this research was provided by:
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (10/52554-1)
Article History
Received: 19 August 2017
Accepted: 21 February 2018
First Online: 15 March 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study was approved by the institutional ethics and review board of Hospital Sirio-Libanes (Comitê de Ética em Pesquisa protocol HSL 2010/61), which served as the coordinating institution, and also received approval from the other institutions (Comitê de Análise para Projetos de Pesquisa, Hospital das Clinicas da Universidade de São Paulo, and Comitê de Ética em Pesquisa, Universidade Federal de São Paulo). Informed consent was obtained from the patients or their representatives.
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