About the Authors

David P. de Sena

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Writing – original draft

dublesena@hotmail.com

Affiliation School of Health Sciences, Post-Graduate Program in Health Sciences, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Daniela D. Fabrício

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, PUCRS, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Vinícius D. da Silva

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Pathological Anatomy, Hospital de Câncer de Barretos, Barretos, São Paulo, Brazil

Luiz Carlos Bodanese

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Validation

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, PUCRS, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Alexandre R. Franco

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision

Affiliation Brain Institute of Rio Grande do Sul, PUCRS, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.