About the Authors

Gorica G. Ristić

goricaris@eunet.rs

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Military Medical Academy and Medical Faculty of the Belgrade Defence University, Belgrade, Serbia

Vesna Subota

Affiliation Institute of Medical Biochemistry, Military Medical Academy, Belgrade, Serbia

Toplica Lepić

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Military Medical Academy and Medical Faculty of the Belgrade Defence University, Belgrade, Serbia

Dejana Stanisavljević

Affiliation Institute of Medical Statistics, Belgrade University School of Medicine, Belgrade, Serbia

Branislava Glišić

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Military Medical Academy and Medical Faculty of the Belgrade Defence University, Belgrade, Serbia

Arsen D. Ristić

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Clinical Centre of Serbia and Belgrade University School of Medicine, Belgrade, Serbia

Milan Petronijević

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Military Medical Academy and Medical Faculty of the Belgrade Defence University, Belgrade, Serbia

Dušan Z. Stefanović

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Military Medical Academy and Medical Faculty of the Belgrade Defence University, Belgrade, Serbia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GGR BG MP DZS. Performed the experiments: GGR VS TL. Analyzed the data: GGR DS ADR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VS DS. Wrote the paper: GGR VS TL DS BG ADR MP DZS.