About the Authors

Alexandra Audemard-Verger

Contributed equally to this work with: Alexandra Audemard-Verger, Nicolas Martin Silva

alexandra.audemard@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, CHU Caen, Caen, France

Nicolas Martin Silva

Contributed equally to this work with: Alexandra Audemard-Verger, Nicolas Martin Silva

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, CHU Caen, Caen, France

Céline Verstuyft

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Hôpital Kremlin Bicêtre, Kremlin Bicêtre, France

Nathalie Costedoat-Chalumeau

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Cochin, APHP, Université Paris V, Paris, France

Aurélie Hummel

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Hôpital Necker, Paris, France

Véronique Le Guern

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Cochin, APHP, Université Paris V, Paris, France

Karim Sacré

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Bichat, Paris, France

Olivier Meyer

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, Hôpital Bichat, Paris, France

Eric Daugas

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Hôpital Bichat, Paris, France

Cécile Goujard

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Kremlin Bicêtre, Kremlin Bicêtre, France

Audrey Sultan

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, CHU Caen, Caen, France

Thierry Lobbedez

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, CHU de Caen, Caen, France

Lionel Galicier

Affiliation Department of Clinical Immuno-pathology, Hôpital Saint Louis, Paris, France

Jacques Pourrat

Affiliation Department of Nephrology and Clinical Immunology, CHU Toulouse, Toulouse, France

Claire Le Hello

Affiliation Department of Vascular Medicine, CHU Caen, Caen, France

Michel Godin

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, CHU Rouen, Rouen, France

Rémy Morello

Affiliation Biostatistics Unity, CHU Caen, Caen, France

Marc Lambert

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, CHU Lille, Lille, France

Eric Hachulla

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, CHU Lille, Lille, France

Philippe Vanhille

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, CH Valenciennes, Valenciennes, France

Guillaume Queffeulou

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, CH Cherbourg, Cherbourg, France

Jacky Potier

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, CH Cherbourg, Cherbourg, France

Jean-Jacques Dion

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, CH Charleville Mézière, Charleville Mézière, France

Pierre Bataille

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, CH Boulogne-sur-Mer, Boulogne-sur-Mer, France

Dominique Chauveau

Affiliation Department of Nephrology and Clinical Immunology, CHU Toulouse, Toulouse, France

Guillaume Moulis

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, CHU Toulouse, France; UMR 1027 Inserm-Univeristy of Toulouse, France; CIC 1436, Toulouse, France

Dominique Farge-Bancel

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Saint Louis, Paris, France

Pierre Duhaut

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, CHU Amiens, Amiens, France

Bernadette Saint-Marcoux

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, Hôpital Aulnay-sous-bois, Aulnay-sous-bois, France

Alban Deroux

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, CHU Grenoble, Grenoble, France

Jennifer Manuzak

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Institut Cochin, Paris, France

Camille Francès

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Hôpital Tenon, Paris, France

Olivier Aumaitre

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, CHU Clermont-Ferrand, Clermont-Ferrand, France

Holy Bezanahary

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, CHU Limoges, Limoges, France

Laurent Becquemont

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Hôpital Kremlin Bicêtre, Kremlin Bicêtre, France

Boris Bienvenu

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, CHU Caen, Caen, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AAV BB NMS CV LB. Performed the experiments: AAV NMS AS. Analyzed the data: AAV NMS AS LB CV BB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AAV NMS AS LB CV BB. Wrote the paper: AAV NMS AS LB CV BB. Contributed to the enrollment of the patients: NCC AH VLG KS OM ED CG TL LG JP CL MG RM ML EH PV JP GQ JJD PB DC GM DFB PD BSM AD JM CF OA HB.