Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira

The Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira (RAMB) is a bimonthly publication of the Brazilian Medical Association. It has been continuously published since 1954. The journal seeks to publish any original contribution that advances medical knowledge. RAMB is indexed by major biomedical and scientific indices, including SciELO, Scopus, Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Web of Science, Institute for Scientific Information (ISI), Index Copernicus, LILACS, MEDLINE, and CAPES - QUALIS. The print edition of RAMB contains the articles in the original language (the journal accepts manuscripts in Portuguese, English or Spanish). All full-text content, in English, is simultaneously published online. The online edition of RAMB is made freely available upon publication (http;//www.ramb.org.brwww.ramb.org.br).