Lavezzo, Marcelo Mendes
Gusmão, Camillo Carneiro https://orcid.org/0009-0003-8350-4537
Sakata, Viviane Mayumi
Souto, Fernanda Maria S.
Missaka, Ruy Felippe B. G.
da Nóbrega, Priscilla Figueiredo C.
Cunninghan, Emmett T. Jr
Oyamada, Maria Kiyoko
Hirata, Carlos Eduardo
Yamamoto, Joyce Hisae
Funding for this research was provided by:
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (2011/19194-4)
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (2011/50936-7)
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (310422/2018-3)
Article History
Received: 15 April 2026
Accepted: 4 July 2026
First Online: 4 August 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: This study was approved by the Institutional Ethics Committee of Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo (HC-FMUSP) [CAPPesq: 0496/11]. Written informed consent was obtained from all participants. All study methods adhered to the tenets of the Declaration of Helsinki.
Consent for publication: Not applicable.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.