About the Authors

Leonardo Victor Barbosa Pereira

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Maria Heloisa Massola Shimizu

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Lina Paola Miranda Ruiz Rodrigues

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Cláudia Costa Leite

Affiliation Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Lúcia Andrade

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Antonio Carlos Seguro

trulu@usp.br

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ACS LVBP MHMS. Performed the experiments: LVBP MHMS LPMRR ACS. Analyzed the data: LVBP MHMS LA ACS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LVBP MHMS CCL LA ACS. Wrote the paper: LVBP LPMRR ACS.