About the Authors

Juliana C. Moraes

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil

Andressa Coope

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil

Joseane Morari

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil

Dennys E. Cintra

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil

Erika A. Roman

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil

José R. Pauli

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil

Talita Romanatto

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil

José B. Carvalheira

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil

Alexandre L. R. Oliveira

Affiliation Department of Anatomy, University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil

Mario J. Saad

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil

Licio A. Velloso

lavelloso@fcm.unicamp.br

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LAV. Performed the experiments: JCM AC JM DEC EAR JRP ALO. Analyzed the data: TR JBC ALO MAS LAV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LAV. Wrote the paper: ALO MAS LAV.