About the Authors
- Ingrid Almeida Miranda
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Affiliation Biomedical Instrumentation Laboratory, Institute of Biology and Faculty of Engineering, State University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Alvaro Camilo Dias Faria
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Affiliation Biomedical Instrumentation Laboratory, Institute of Biology and Faculty of Engineering, State University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Agnaldo José Lopes
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Affiliation Laboratory of Pulmonary Function Testing – Discipline of Pneumology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, State University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- José Manoel Jansen
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Affiliation Laboratory of Pulmonary Function Testing – Discipline of Pneumology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, State University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Pedro Lopes de Melo
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* E-mail: plopeslib@gmail.com
Affiliations Biomedical Instrumentation Laboratory, Institute of Biology and Faculty of Engineering, State University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Laboratory of Clinical and Experimental Research in Vascular Biology - Biomedical Center, State University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: AJL JMJ PLM. Performed the experiments: IAM ACDF. Analyzed the data: IAM ACDF AJL JMJ PLM. Interpreted the data: IAM ACDF AJL JMJ PLM. Wrote the article or critical review: IAM ACDF AJL JMJ PLM. Concieved and organized the illustrations: IAM ACDF PLM. Final approval of the version for publication: IAM ACDF AJL JMJ PLM.