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Associação Médica Brasileira
Address: Rua São Carlos do Pinhal, 324
Bela Vista – São Paulo
Postal code: 01333-903
Phone: (+55 11) 3178-6800
Editor-in-chief: Carlos V. Serrano Jr.
Managing editor: César Teixeira
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The Journal of the Brazilian Medical Association is affiliated to the ANATEC and indexed in Medline, SciELO,
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The Journal of the Brazilian Medical Association is an official publication of the Associação Médica Brasileira (AMB),
distributed exclusively to the medical community in Brazil and Latin America.
All rights reserved and protected by Law n. 9.610 – 2/19/1998. No part of this publication may be reproduced
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Publisher: Editora Manole
Authorizing editor: Sônia Midori Fujiyoshi
Editor: Cristiana Gonzaga S. Corrêa
Editorial producer: Quinta Edições
English translation of articles: Graziella Risolia Gallo ME
Proofreading: Graziella Risolia Gallo ME and Folgueira Comunicação
Reference reviewer: Lia Fugita Editorações
Cover: Rafael Zemantauskas
Graphic design: Sopros Design
Layout: Lira Editorial
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ASSOCIAÇÃO MÉDICA BRASILEIRA – MANAGEMENT BOARD 2017-2020
President
Lincoln Lopes Ferreira (MG)
1st Vice-president
Diogo Leite Sampaio (MT)
2nd Vice-president
Robson Freitas de Moura (BA)
Vice-presidents
José Luiz Dantas Mestrinho –
Centro-Oeste (DF)
Arno Buertiner Von Ristow –
Sudeste (RJ)
Eduardo Francisco de Assis Braga –
Norte (TO)
Mauro Cesar Viana de Oliveira –
Nordeste (MA)
Alfredo Floro Cantalice Neto –
Sul (RS)
General Secretary
Antônio Jorge Salomão (SP)
1st Secretary
Carmita Helena Najjar Abdo (SP)
1st Treasurer
Miguel Roberto Jorge (SP)
2nd Treasurer
José Luiz Bonamigo Filho (SP)
Cultural Director
Fernando Antonio Gomes
de Andrade (AL)
Director of Corporate Relations
Carlos Alfredo Lobo Jasmin (RJ)
Director of International Relations
Eduardo Nagib Gaui (RJ)
Scientific Director
Antonio Carlos Palandri Chagas (SP)
Academic Director
Maria José Martins Maldonado (MS)
Director of Member Support Services
Marcio Silva Fortini (MG)
Director of Parliamentary Affairs
Débora Eugenia Braga Nóbrega
Cavalcanti (PB)