Key findings from the Atahualpa Project: what should we learn?

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Acknowledgments

The authors would like to acknowledge the work of all the local investigators, technologists, and field personnel involved in the Atahualpa Project, as well as the collaboration of international Institutions that have sent medical students, technicians or physicians for in-site rotations, including the Langone Medical Center, New York University (New York, NY), the Department of Neurology, University of Chicago (Chicago, Il), the Sleep Disorders Center, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine (Jacksonville, Fl), the School of Medicine, Stonybrook University (New York, NY), the Department of Neurology, Loyola University (Chicago, Il), Hospital Medica Sur (Mexico City, Mexico), and the Center for Global Health, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (Lima, Peru).

Declaration of interest

The authors have no relevant affiliations or financial involvement with any organization or entity with a financial interest in or financial conflict with the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript. This includes employment, consultancies, honoraria, stock ownership or options, expert testimony, grants or patents received or pending, or royalties.

Compliance with ethical standards

The Institutional Review Board of Hospital-Clínica Kennedy, Guayaquil, Ecuador (FWA 00006867) approved the protocol and the written informed consent that individuals must sign before enrollment.

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Funding

This study was supported by an unrestricted grant from Universidad Espiritu Santo – Ecuador, Guayaquil, Ecuador. The sponsor had no role in the design of the study, nor in the collection, analysis, or interpretation of data.