About the Authors
- Erin Arthurs
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Affiliations Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada, Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital, Montréal, Québec, Canada
- Russell J. Steele
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Affiliations Department of Mathematics and Statistics, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada, Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital, Montréal, Québec, Canada
- Marie Hudson
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Affiliations Department of Medicine (Division of Rheumatology), McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada, Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital, Montréal, Québec, Canada
- Murray Baron
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Affiliations Department of Medicine (Division of Rheumatology), McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada, Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital, Montréal, Québec, Canada
- Brett D. Thombs
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* E-mail: brett.thombs@mcgill.ca
Affiliations Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada, Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada, Department of Medicine (Division of Rheumatology), McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada, Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada, School of Nursing, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada, Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital, Montréal, Québec, Canada
- (CSRG) Canadian Scleroderma Research Group
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¶Membership of the Canadian Scleroderma Research Group (CSRG) is provided in the Acknowledgments.
Competing Interests
Actelion Pharmaceuticals and Pfizer Inc. have provided unrestricted educational and research funds to the Canadian Scleroderma Research Group. The commercial funding that provides support to the CSRG does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: EA RS MH MB BT. Analyzed the data: EA RS BT. Wrote the paper: EA BT. Acquisition of data: RS MH MB BT. Critical revision of manuscript: EA RS MH MB BT. Final approval of the version of the manuscript submitted for review: EA RS MH MB BT.