About the Authors

Julia de Barros Machado

juliamachado@terra.com.br

Affiliation School of Medicine, Pontifícia Universidade Católica, Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil

José Miguel Chatkin

Affiliation School of Medicine, Pontifícia Universidade Católica, Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil

Aline Rigon Zimmer

Affiliation School of Pharmacy, Pontifícia Universidade Católica, Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil

Ana Paula Szezepaniak Goulart

Affiliation School of Medicine, Pontifícia Universidade Católica, Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil

Flávia Valladão Thiesen

Affiliation School of Pharmacy, Pontifícia Universidade Católica, Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JDBM JMC APSG ARZ FVT. Performed the experiments: JDBM JMC APSG ARZ FVT. Analyzed the data: JDBM JMC APSG ARZ FVT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JDBM JMC APSG ARZ FVT. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: JDBM JMC APSG ARZ FVT.