About the Authors

João Paulo de Castro Marcondes

jpcastromarcondes@uol.com.br

Affiliation UNESP – Univ. Estadual Paulista, Faculdade de Medicina Botucatu SP, Brazil

Maria Luiza Cotrim Sartor de Oliveira

Affiliation UNESP – Univ. Estadual Paulista, Faculdade de Medicina Botucatu SP, Brazil

Alisson M. Gontijo

Affiliation Centro de Estudos de Doenças Crônicas, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas (FCM), Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal

João Lauro Viana de Camargo

Affiliation UNESP – Univ. Estadual Paulista, Faculdade de Medicina Botucatu SP, Brazil

Daisy Maria Fávero Salvadori

Affiliation UNESP – Univ. Estadual Paulista, Faculdade de Medicina Botucatu SP, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JPCM DMFS AMG MLCSO JLVC. Performed the experiments: JPCM. Analyzed the data: JPCM DMFS AMG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DMFS MLCSO JLVC. Wrote the paper: JPCM DMFS AMG.