Melo, Laura Gomes Nunes
Morales, Paulo Henrique
Drummond, Karla Rezende Guerra
Santos, Deborah Conte
Pizarro, Marcela Haas
Barros, Bianca Senger Vasconcelos
Mattos, Tessa Cerqueria Lemos
Pinheiro, André Araújo
Mallmann, Felipe
Leal, Franz Schubert Lopes
Malerbi, Fernando Korn
Gomes, Marilia Brito
Funding for this research was provided by:
Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (1989.0246.5)
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (563753/2010-2)
Article History
Received: 11 March 2018
Accepted: 17 July 2018
First Online: 8 August 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Pedro Ernesto University Hospital, at State University of Rio de Janeiro (protocol: CEP/HUPE 2769/2010), which was the coordinator center, and by the follow local ethics committee of each center: Ethics Committee of Unifesp (Federal University of São Paulo); Ethics Committee of Clementino Fraga Filho University Hospital; Ethics Committee of CEDEBA (Centro de Endocrinologia e Diabetes do Estado da Bahia); Ethics Committee of UFRGS (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul); Ethics Committee of UNICAMP (University of Campinas); Ethics Committee of Hospital Regional de Taguatinga; Ethics Committee of Bauru’s diabetics association; Ethics Committee of João de Barros Barreto University Hospital; Ethics Committee of USP (University of Sao Paulo); Ethics Committee of Walter Cantidio University Hospital and Ethics Committee of UFPR (Ferderal University of Paraná). All participants or their guardians signed informed consent.
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