About the Authors
- Ana Márquez
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* E-mail: anamaort@ipb.csic.es
Affiliations Instituto de Parasitología y Biomedicina López-Neyra, CSIC, Granada, Spain, Systemic Autoimmune Diseases Unit, Hospital Clínico San Cecilio, Granada, Spain
- Roser Solans
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
- José Hernández-Rodríguez
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Affiliation Vasculitis Research Unit, Department of Autoimmune and Systemic Diseases, Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Centre de Recerca Biomèdica Cellex (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
- Maria C. Cid
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Affiliation Vasculitis Research Unit, Department of Autoimmune and Systemic Diseases, Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Centre de Recerca Biomèdica Cellex (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain
- Santos Castañeda
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Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, Hospital de la Princesa, IIS-Princesa, Madrid, Spain
- Marc Ramentol
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
- Luis Rodriguez-Rodriguez
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Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain
- Javier Narváez
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Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge-IDIBELL, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
- Ricardo Blanco
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Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IFIMAV, Santander, Spain
- Norberto Ortego-Centeno
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Affiliation Systemic Autoimmune Diseases Unit, Hospital Clínico San Cecilio, Granada, Spain
- Spanish GCA Consortium
- Øyvind Palm
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Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, Oslo University Hospital Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway
- Andreas P. Diamantopoulos
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Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, Hospital of Southern Norway Trust, Kristiansand, Norway
- Niko Braun
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Robert-Bosch-Hospital, Stuttgart, Germany
- Frank Moosig
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Affiliation Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Luebeck, Bad Bramstedt, Germany
- Torsten Witte
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Affiliation Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
- Lorenzo Beretta
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Affiliation Referral Center for Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Fondazione IRCCS Ca'Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico di Milano, Milan, Italy
- Claudio Lunardi
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Università degli Studi di Verona, Verona, Italy
- Marco A. Cimmino
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Academic Unit of Clinical Rheumatology, University of Genova, Genova, Italy
- Augusto Vaglio
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Affiliation Department of Clinical Medicine, Nephrology and Health Sciences, University Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy
- Carlo Salvarani
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Affiliation Unità Operativa di Reumatologia, Azienda Ospedaliera ASMN, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Reggio Emilia, Italy
- Miguel A. González-Gay
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¶MAGG and JM share senior authorship on this work.
Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IFIMAV, Santander, Spain
- Javier Martín
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¶MAGG and JM share senior authorship on this work.
Affiliation Instituto de Parasitología y Biomedicina López-Neyra, CSIC, Granada, Spain
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: AM JM MAGG. Performed the experiments: AM. Analyzed the data: AM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RS JHR MCC SC MR LRR JN RB NOC OP APD NB FM TW LB CL MAC AV CS MAGG. Wrote the paper: AM. Review of the manuscript draft: RS JHR MCC SC MR LRR JN RB NOC OP APD NB FM TW LB CL MAC AV CS MAGG JM. Interpretation of data: RS JHR MCC SC MR LRR JN RB NOC OP APD NB FM TW LB CL MAC AV CS MAGG JM.