About the Authors
- Fabrícia Gimenes
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Contributed equally to this work with: Fabrícia Gimenes, Fabiana Soares Medina
Affiliation Section of Clinical Cytology, Department of Clinical Analysis and Biomedicine, State University of Maringá, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil
- Fabiana Soares Medina
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Contributed equally to this work with: Fabrícia Gimenes, Fabiana Soares Medina
Affiliation Section of Clinical Cytology, Department of Clinical Analysis and Biomedicine, State University of Maringá, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil
- André Luelsdorf Pimenta de Abreu
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Affiliation Section of Clinical Cytology, Department of Clinical Analysis and Biomedicine, State University of Maringá, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil
- Mary Mayumi Taguti Irie
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Affiliation Section of Clinical Cytology, Department of Clinical Analysis and Biomedicine, State University of Maringá, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil
- Isis Baroni Esquiçati
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Affiliation Section of Clinical Cytology, Department of Clinical Analysis and Biomedicine, State University of Maringá, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil
- Natália Malagutti
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Affiliation Section of Clinical Cytology, Department of Clinical Analysis and Biomedicine, State University of Maringá, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil
- Vinícius Rodrigo Bulla Vasconcellos
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Affiliation Section of Clinical Cytology, Department of Clinical Analysis and Biomedicine, State University of Maringá, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil
- Michele Garcia Discacciati
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Affiliation Clinical Chemistry and Toxicology Department, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
- Marcelo Gialluisi Bonini
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Affiliation College of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, United States of America
- Silvya Stuchi Maria-Engler
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Affiliation Clinical Chemistry and Toxicology Department, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
- Marcia Edilaine Lopes Consolaro
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* E-mail: melconsolaro@gmail.com
Affiliation Section of Clinical Cytology, Department of Clinical Analysis and Biomedicine, State University of Maringá, Maringá, Paraná, Brazil
Competing Interests
Co-authors Marcia Lopes Edilaine Consolaro and Marcelo G Bonini are PLOS ONE Editorial Board members. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE Editorial policies and criteria.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MELC FG. Performed the experiments: FG FSM ALPA IBE NM VRBV MMTI. Analyzed the data: MELC FG MGD SSM-E MGB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MELC MGB SSM-E. Wrote the paper: MELC FG FSM.