About the Authors

Garifallia Sakellariou

filiciasak@gmail.com

Affiliation Chair and Division of Rheumatology, IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo Foundation, Pavia, Italy

Carlo Alberto Scirè

Affiliation Chair and Division of Rheumatology, IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo Foundation, Pavia, Italy

Antonella Zambon

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics Statistics and Quantitative Methods, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy

Roberto Caporali

Affiliation Chair and Division of Rheumatology, IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo Foundation, Pavia, Italy

Carlomaurizio Montecucco

Affiliation Chair and Division of Rheumatology, IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo Foundation, Pavia, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CAS CM RC GS. Performed the experiments: GS CAS. Analyzed the data: CAS AZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CAS AZ RC CM. Wrote the paper: GS CAS AZ RC CM.