Ethics declarations Funding The authors wish to thank Daniel Soares Freire, MD, PhD for providing medical writing and Cristiane Mapurunga Aoqui Guenoub, MD, PhD for providing assistance with English-language editing, both on behalf of Springer Healthcare
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