About the Authors
- Patrício Soares Costa
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Contributed equally to this work with: Patrício Soares Costa, Nadine Correia Santos
Affiliations Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal, ICVS/3B’s, PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal
- Nadine Correia Santos
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Contributed equally to this work with: Patrício Soares Costa, Nadine Correia Santos
Affiliations Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal, ICVS/3B’s, PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal
- Pedro Cunha
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Affiliations Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal, ICVS/3B’s, PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal, Centro Hospital Alto Ave – EPE, Guimarães, Portugal
- Joana Almeida Palha
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Affiliations Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal, ICVS/3B’s, PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal
- Nuno Sousa
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* E-mail: njcsousa@ecsaude.uminho.pt
Affiliations Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal, ICVS/3B’s, PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: NS JAP. Performed the experiments: NCS PC. Analyzed the data: PSC NCS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PSC. Wrote the paper: PSC NCS NS. Participated in data interpretation and contributed substantially to the scientific process leading up to the writing of the submitted manuscript and have approved of its final version: PSC NCS PC JAP NS.