Rêgo, Jamile Leão
de Lima Santana, Nadja
Machado, Paulo Roberto Lima
Ribeiro-Alves, Marcelo
de Toledo-Pinto, Thiago Gomes
Castellucci, Léa Cristina http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9625-2469
Moraes, Milton Ozório
Funding for this research was provided by:
Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia de Doenças Tropicais (573839/2008-5)
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (Nº404277/2012-8, Nº 309397/2013-8)
Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (E9/2016)
Article History
Received: 5 February 2018
Accepted: 20 August 2018
First Online: 24 August 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study has been approved by the Ethical Committee of the Hospital Universitário Prof. Edgar Santos, Federal University of Bahia, number 891.963. All patients read and signed an informed consent form.
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