About the Authors

Gloria Crepaldi

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo Foundation, Pavia, Italy

Carlo Alberto Scirè

Affiliation Epidemiology Unit, Italian Society for Rheumatology, Milan, Italy

Greta Carrara

Affiliation Epidemiology Unit, Italian Society for Rheumatology, Milan, Italy

Garifallia Sakellariou

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo Foundation, Pavia, Italy

Roberto Caporali

caporali@smatteo.pv.it

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo Foundation, Pavia, Italy

Ihsane Hmamouchi

Affiliation Mohammed V Souissi University, Faculty of Medicine, Laboratory of Biostatistics, Clinical Research and Epidemiology (LBRCE), Rabat, Morocco

Maxime Dougados

Affiliation Rheumatology B Department, Hospital Cochin, Medicine Faculty, Paris-Descartes University, Paris, France

Carlomaurizio Montecucco

Affiliation Department 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: G. Crepaldi CS GS RC IH MD CM. Performed the experiments: CS G. Carrara. Analyzed the data: G. Crepaldi CS GS CM. Wrote the paper: G. Crepaldi CS GS CM. Reviewed the manuscript: RC IH MD.