*Instituto Colombiano de Medicina Tropical-Universidad CES, Medellín, Colombia;
†Grupo de Investigación en Ciencias de la Educación y de la Salud (ICES), UNISANGIL, San Gil, Colombia; and
‡Centro de Investigaciones en Dermatología (CIDERM), Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia.
Correspondence: Héctor Serrano-Coll, Instituto Colombiano de Medicina Tropical-Universidad CES, Medellín, Colombia (e-mail: [email protected])
Minciencias financed this research, doctoral scholarship 727-2015 awarded to Héctor Serrano-Coll and UNISANGIL (internal grant-2021).
H. Serrano-Coll Study design, standardizing IHC tests, data analysis, manuscript writing—original draft preparation, review, and editing. N. Cardona-Castro Study design, writing—review, and editing. C. Salamanca Funding and resources acquisition, management, writing—review, and editing. G. Olarte Funding and resources acquisition, management, writing—review, and editing. L. Restrepo standardizing IHC tests, data analysis. J.P. Ospina-Gómez Reading and interpretation of the histopathological and immunohistochemical findings. K. Berbeo Reading and interpreting the histopathological and immunohistochemical findings, writing—review, and editing. All authors read and approved the manuscript.
The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.
Data availability: The raw data supporting the conclusions of this article will be made available by the authors, without undue reservation, to any qualified researcher.
Informed consent: Written informed consent was obtained from all patients before they were entered into the study.
Ethical considerations: This research was conducted following the international ethical standards given by the World Health Organization and the Pan American Health Organization, supported by the Declaration of Helsinki, promulgated in 1964, and the statutes given at the national level by resolution number 008430 of 1993 of the Ministry of Health of Colombia, which regulates health studies. In addition, it was endorsed by the CES University Human Research Ethics Board (act No 101 of March 3, 2017).
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