de Albuquerque, Cleandro Pires http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9245-7504
Reis, Ana Paula Monteiro Gomides
Santos, Ana Beatriz Vargas
Bértolo, Manoel Barros
Júnior, Paulo Louzada
Giorgi, Rina Dalva Neubarth
Radominski, Sebastião Cezar
Resende Guimarães, Maria Fernanda B.
Bonfiglioli, Karina Rossi
da Cunha Sauma, Maria de Fátima L.
Pereira, Ivânio Alves
Brenol, Claiton Viegas
da Mota, Licia Maria Henrique
Santos-Neto, Leopoldo
Castelar Pinheiro, Geraldo R.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Sociedade Brasileira de Reumatologia
Article History
Received: 20 May 2022
Accepted: 7 August 2022
First Online: 6 February 2023
Declarations
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: The study was approved by a central ethics review board (ExternalRef removed, protocol number CAAE 45781015.8.1001.5259) and by institutional boards in each participating center. All participants granted informed consent to participate in the study. All procedures were in accordance with ethical standards of the National Commission of Ethics in Research (CONEP) and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments.
: All participants granted informed consent for publication.
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