About the Authors

Alessandra Girasol

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

Gabriela G. Albuquerque

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

Eli Mansour

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

Eliana P. Araújo

Affiliation Department of Nursing, University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil

Giovanna Degasperi

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

Raphael G. Denis

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

José B. Carvalheira

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

Mário J. Saad

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

Lício 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: AG GGA JBC MJS LAV. Performed the experiments: AG GGA EM EPA GD RGD. Analyzed the data: AG EM EPA JBC LAV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MJS LAV. Wrote the paper: AG LAV.