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Paulo Ramos Botelho Antunes1,2, Stanley Almeida Araújo3 , Silvana Maria Carvalho Miranda4,5, Fabiano Franco Monteiro Prado1,2, Luiz Felipe França Antunes1,2, Elisa Carvalho de Siqueira1 , Fabrício Tinôco Alvim de Souza1 \* and Maria Carolina Barbosa Álvares1,2

1 Research Group on Diagnostic and Therapeutic Radiology, Santa Casa de Belo Horizonte, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

2 Diagnostic and Therapeutic Radiology Service, Santa Casa de Belo Horizonte, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

3 Institute of Nephropathology, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

4 Nephrology Service, Santa Casa de Belo Horizonte, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

5 Transplant Service, Santa Casa de Belo Horizonte, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

\*Address all correspondence to: ftadesouza@gmail.com

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