About the Authors
- Karina Roxana Gheorghe
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Affiliation Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Karolinska University Hospital Solna, Stockholm, Sweden
- Rogier M. Thurlings
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Affiliation Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Marie Westman
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Affiliation Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Karolinska University Hospital Solna, Stockholm, Sweden
- Maartje J. Boumans
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Affiliation Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Vivianne Malmström
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Affiliation Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Karolinska University Hospital Solna, Stockholm, Sweden
- Christina Trollmo
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Affiliation Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Karolinska University Hospital Solna, Stockholm, Sweden
- Marina Korotkova
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Affiliations Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Karolinska University Hospital Solna, Stockholm, Sweden, Actar AB Inc., Stockholm, Sweden
- Per-Johan Jakobsson
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* E-mail: per-johan.jakobsson@ki.se
Affiliation Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Karolinska University Hospital Solna, Stockholm, Sweden
- Paul-Peter Tak
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Affiliation Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Competing Interests
The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: Profesor Tak has served as a consultant for Roche. Associate Professor Per-Johan Jakobsson is a member of the board of directors of NovaSAID. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: PJJ PPT. Performed the experiments: KRG RMT MW MJB. Analyzed the data: KRG MW MJB MK VM CT PJJ PPT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RMT. Wrote the paper: KRG RMT MW MJB VM CT MK PJJ PPT.