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MC Marina Gabriela M. C. Mori da Cunha
KM Katerina Mackova
LH Lucie Hajkova Hympanova
MB Maria Augusta T. Bortolini
JD Jan Deprest
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A complete computerized literature search was conducted using MEDLINE (PubMed), Embase and the Web of Science including all studies without date and language restriction up to 15 March 2020. The electronic search strategy included both Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) and keywords (Appendix 1). Endnote X8.2 (Clarivate Analytics, Philadelphia, PA, USA), Rayyan QCRI and eventually a manual search was used to eliminate duplicate reports. Duplicates were divided into type I (duplicates among different databases) and type II (duplicate publications in different journals/issues) duplicates. Reference lists of original articles and topic-related reviews were checked manually to identify further relevant articles.

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