About the Authors

Maria Teresa De Sibio

mt_bio@yahoo.com.br

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Botucatu Medical School - University of Sao Paulo State (UNESP), Botucatu, SP, Brazil

Renata Azevedo Melo Luvizotto

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Botucatu Medical School - University of Sao Paulo State (UNESP), Botucatu, SP, Brazil

Regiane Marques Castro Olimpio

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Botucatu Medical School - University of Sao Paulo State (UNESP), Botucatu, SP, Brazil

Camila Renata Corrêa

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Botucatu Medical School - University of Sao Paulo State (UNESP), Botucatu, SP, Brazil

Juliana Marino

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Botucatu Medical School - University of Sao Paulo State (UNESP), Botucatu, SP, Brazil

Miriane de Oliveira

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Botucatu Medical School - University of Sao Paulo State (UNESP), Botucatu, SP, Brazil

Sandro José Conde

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Botucatu Medical School - University of Sao Paulo State (UNESP), Botucatu, SP, Brazil

Ana Lúcia dos Anjos Ferreira

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Botucatu Medical School - University of Sao Paulo State (UNESP), Botucatu, SP, Brazil

Carlos Roberto Padovani

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, Biosciences Institute - University of Sao Paulo State (UNESP), Botucatu, SP, Brazil

Célia Regina Nogueira

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Botucatu Medical School - University of Sao Paulo State (UNESP), Botucatu, SP, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CRN RAML. Performed the experiments: MTS RMCO JM MO SJC. Analyzed the data: CRP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ALAF CRC. Wrote the paper: MTS RAML.