About the Authors
- Graciela S Alarcón
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*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: graciela.alarcon@ccc.uab.edu
Affiliation Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
- Gerald McGwin Jr.
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Affiliation Section of Trauma, Burns, and Critical Care, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
- Michelle Petri
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Affiliation Division of Rheumatology, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman
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Affiliation Division of Rheumatology, Northwestern University School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
- Barri J Fessler
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Affiliation Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
- Luis M Vilá
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Affiliation Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Jeffrey C Edberg
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Affiliation Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
- John D Reveille
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Affiliation Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Robert P Kimberly
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Affiliation Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America
- for the PROFILE Study Group
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
GSA, MP, LMV, JDR, and RPK designed the study. MP, RRG, LMV, BJF, JDR, and RPK enrolled patients. GM, JCE, and RPK analyzed the data. GSA, GM, MP, RRG, LMV, JCE, JDR, and RPK contributed to writing the paper.