About the Authors
- Benjamin Rhodes
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Affiliation Rheumatology Section, Division of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
- Marilyn E. Merriman
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Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
- Andrew Harrison
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Wellington School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
- Michael J. Nissen
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Affiliation Rheumatology Unit, Repatriation General Hospital, Daw Park, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
- Malcolm Smith
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Affiliation Rheumatology Unit, Repatriation General Hospital, Daw Park, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
- Lisa Stamp
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand
- Sophia Steer
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Affiliation Clinical and Academic Rheumatology, Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
- Tony R. Merriman
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Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
- Timothy J. Vyse
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* E-mail: t.vyse@imperial.ac.uk
Affiliation Rheumatology Section, Division of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
ICMJE criteria for authorship read and met: BR MEM AH MJN MS LS SS TRM TJV. Agree with the manuscript's results and conclusions: BR MEM AH MJN MS LS SS TRM TJV. Designed the experiments/the study: BR TJV. Analyzed the data: BR TJV. Collected data/did experiments for the study: BR MEM AH MJN MS LS SS TRM. Enrolled patients: AH MJN MS LS SS. Wrote the first draft of the paper: BR. Contributed to the writing of the paper: BR MEM AH MJN MS LS SS TRM TJV. Responsible for preparing data (and checking of data integrity) from New Zealand and Australian samples included in the analysis: MEM.