About the Authors

Lívia Mizuki de Campos

Contributed equally to this work with: Lívia Mizuki de Campos, Bruna Mariah Martins, Norberto Luiz Cabral, Selma Cristina Franco

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Joinville Region, Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil

Bruna Mariah Martins

Contributed equally to this work with: Lívia Mizuki de Campos, Bruna Mariah Martins, Norberto Luiz Cabral, Selma Cristina Franco

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Joinville Region, Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil

Norberto Luiz Cabral

Contributed equally to this work with: Lívia Mizuki de Campos, Bruna Mariah Martins, Norberto Luiz Cabral, Selma Cristina Franco

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Joinville Region, Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil, Joinville Stroke Registry, University of Joinville Region, Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil

Selma Cristina Franco

Contributed equally to this work with: Lívia Mizuki de Campos, Bruna Mariah Martins, Norberto Luiz Cabral, Selma Cristina Franco

scfranco@terra.com.br

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Joinville Region, Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil

Octávio Marques Pontes-Neto

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil

Suleimy Cristina Mazin

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil

Felipe Ibiapina dos Reis

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Joinville Region, Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: SCF LMC BMM NLC OMPN SCM FIR. Data curation: LMC BMM NLC SCF. Formal analysis: SCF NLC OMPN SCM. Funding acquisition: NLC OMPN SCF LMC. Investigation: LMC BMM NLC OMPN SCM SCF FIR. Methodology: LMC BMM NLC OMPN SCM SCF FIR. Project administration: SCF. Resources: NLC SCF. Supervision: NLC SCF. Validation: NLC SCF OMPN. Visualization: LMC BMM NLC OMPN SCM SCF FIR. Writing – original draft: LMC BMM NLC SCF. Writing – review & editing: LMC BMM NLC OMPN SCM SCF FIR.