Neto, Sonya
Reis, Andreia
Pinheiro, Miguel
Ferreira, Margarida
Neves, Vasco
Castanho, Teresa Costa
Santos, Nadine
Rodrigues, Ana João
Sousa, Nuno
Santos, Manuel A. S.
Moura, Gabriela R.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT) and FEDER, through COMPETE2020 (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-016428)
Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT) and FEDER, through CENTRO2020 (CENTRO-08-5864-FSE-000039)
Article History
Received: 23 April 2024
Accepted: 17 June 2024
First Online: 2 July 2024
Declarations
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: The cohort was established according to the ethical principles of the Declaration of Helsinki and experiments were approved by the Portuguese ethical committee (Comissão Nacional de Proteção de Dados) and local ethic review boards (Hospital de Braga, Braga; Centro Hospitalar do Alto Ave, Guimarães; and Unidade Local de Saúde do Alto Minho, Viana do Castelo/Ponte de Lima). All participants gave voluntary and informed written consent. Medical and/or research professionals signed a Statement of Responsibility and Confidentiality.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.