Cassenote, Alex Jones Flores http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5098-1922
Grangeiro, Alexandre
Escuder, Maria Mercedes
Abe, Jair Minoro
Segurado, Aluísio Augusto Cotrim
Funding for this research was provided by:
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (37/2008, 69/2010)
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (2013/18158-0)
Article History
Received: 4 January 2018
Accepted: 20 November 2018
First Online: 4 December 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethics Statement: This study was approved by the Ethics in Research Committee of the Medical School of the University of São Paulo (Universidade de São Paulo) (Decision #. #229/13). As this is a retrospective study, the aforementioned IRB has withdrawn the need for the free and informed consent term. Consent and responsibility were at the discretion of the directors of each of the participating sites.
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