About the Authors

Helena Barbosa Lugão

Contributed equally to this work with: Helena Barbosa Lugão, Marcello Henrique Nogueira-Barbosa, Marco Andrey Cipriani Frade

helenalugao@hotmail.com

Affiliation Dermatology Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil

Marcello Henrique Nogueira-Barbosa

Contributed equally to this work with: Helena Barbosa Lugão, Marcello Henrique Nogueira-Barbosa, Marco Andrey Cipriani Frade

Affiliation Radiology Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil

Wilson Marques Jr.

‡ WM and NTF also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil

Norma Tiraboschi Foss

‡ WM and NTF also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Dermatology Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil

Marco Andrey Cipriani Frade

Contributed equally to this work with: Helena Barbosa Lugão, Marcello Henrique Nogueira-Barbosa, Marco Andrey Cipriani Frade

Affiliation Dermatology Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HBL MHNB WM NTF MACF. Performed the experiments: HBL MHNB. Analyzed the data: HBL MHNB WM NTF MACF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HBL MHNB. Wrote the paper: HBL MHNB WM NTF MACF.