About the Authors

Bianca M. de Souza

Affiliations Endocrinology Division, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, Postgraduate Program in Medical Sciences: Endocrinology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Letícia A. Brondani

Affiliations Endocrinology Division, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, Postgraduate Program in Medical Sciences: Endocrinology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Ana P. Bouças

Affiliations Endocrinology Division, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, Postgraduate Program in Medical Sciences: Endocrinology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Denise A. Sortica

Affiliations Endocrinology Division, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, Postgraduate Program in Medical Sciences: Endocrinology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Caroline K. Kramer

Affiliation Endocrinology Division, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Luís H. Canani

Affiliations Endocrinology Division, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, Postgraduate Program in Medical Sciences: Endocrinology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Cristiane B. Leitão

Affiliations Endocrinology Division, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, Postgraduate Program in Medical Sciences: Endocrinology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Daisy Crispim

daisy_crispim@hotmail.com

Affiliations Endocrinology Division, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, Postgraduate Program in Medical Sciences: Endocrinology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BMS LAB DC. Performed the experiments: BMS LAB APB DAS CKK. Analyzed the data: BMS LAB CKK DC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LHC CBL. Wrote the paper: BMS LAB APB DAS CKK CBL LHC DC.