About the Authors

Amelia Chiara Trombetta

Affiliation Research Laboratory And Academic Division Of Clinical Rheumatology, Department Of Internal Medicine, Irccs San Martino Aou, University Of Genoa, Genoa, Italy

Vanessa Smith

Affiliation Department Of Rheumatology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Emanuele Gotelli

Affiliation Research Laboratory And Academic Division Of Clinical Rheumatology, Department Of Internal Medicine, Irccs San Martino Aou, University Of Genoa, Genoa, Italy

Massimo Ghio

Affiliation Research Laboratory And Academic Division Of Clinical Rheumatology, Department Of Internal Medicine, Irccs San Martino Aou, University Of Genoa, Genoa, Italy

Sabrina Paolino

Affiliation Research Laboratory And Academic Division Of Clinical Rheumatology, Department Of Internal Medicine, Irccs San Martino Aou, University Of Genoa, Genoa, Italy

Carmen Pizzorni

Affiliation Research Laboratory And Academic Division Of Clinical Rheumatology, Department Of Internal Medicine, Irccs San Martino Aou, University Of Genoa, Genoa, Italy

Amber Vanhaecke

Affiliation Department Of Rheumatology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Barbara Ruaro

Affiliation Research Laboratory And Academic Division Of Clinical Rheumatology, Department Of Internal Medicine, Irccs San Martino Aou, University Of Genoa, Genoa, Italy

Alberto Sulli

Affiliation Research Laboratory And Academic Division Of Clinical Rheumatology, Department Of Internal Medicine, Irccs San Martino Aou, University Of Genoa, Genoa, Italy

Maurizio Cutolo

Mcutolo@Unige.It

Affiliation Research Laboratory And Academic Division Of Clinical Rheumatology, Department Of Internal Medicine, Irccs San Martino Aou, University Of Genoa, Genoa, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: MC VS ACT. Data curation: ACT EG AV. Formal analysis: ACT. Investigation: ACT EG BR CP SP MG AV. Methodology: ACT VS MC. Project administration: VS MC SP CP AS. Resources: MC VS AS MG. Supervision: VS MC SP CP. Validation: ACT VS AV. Visualization: ACT MC. Writing – original draft: ACT. Writing – review & editing: ACT MC VS.