*Federal University of Sao Paulo
¶Sao Camilo School of Medicine
#Albert Einstein Hospital
‡Fortaleza General Hospital
§Ceara State University
∥Sao Paulo University
†Columbia University, Doris and Stanley Tananbaum Stroke Center, New York, NY
This study was approved by our local IRB (Hospital Geral de Fortaleza, Brazil, CAAE 24500719.7.0000.5040).
All national ethical requirements were met to support this research. The IRB waived the need for informed consent from the validation group, as the data collection was retrospective. All data used in the analyses are presented in tables and figures. Unidentified data can be shared publicly. The participants or families were informed about the objectives of this study and a confidentiality statement. The participants and their families signed informed consent forms. Retrospective data were collected after obtaining institutional review board approval for these participants, and informed consent was waived.
The authors state full consent for publishing these data.
J.B.C.d.A planned the study, interpreted the data, and wrote the final version. J.P.M. supervised the study and reviewed the manuscript. F.O.L. supervised the study and reviewed the manuscript. J.J.F.d.C. supervised the study and reviewed the results. L.C.M.B. collected data, interpreted the data, and wrote the final version. O.M.P.N. supervised the study and reviewed the manuscript. G.S.S. supervised the study, interpreted the data, and reviewed the report.
J.B.C.d.A.’s visiting scholarship at Columbia University, USA, was sponsored by the CAPES Foundation, Ministry of Education, Brazil.
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
Correspondence to: Joao Brainer Clares de Andrade, MD, PhD, Department of Neurology, Federal University of Sao Paulo, Address R Napoleao de Barros, 715, São Paulo 04039-001, SP, Brazil. E-mail: [email protected].
