About the Authors

David González-Serna

Contributed equally to this work with: David González-Serna, Elio G. Carmona

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Instituto de Parasitología y Biomedicina "López-Neyra", CSIC, PTS Granada, Granada, Spain

Elio G. Carmona

Contributed equally to this work with: David González-Serna, Elio G. Carmona

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Instituto de Parasitología y Biomedicina "López-Neyra", CSIC, PTS Granada, Granada, Spain

Norberto Ortego-Centeno

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Systemic Autoimmune Diseases Unit, Hospital Clínico San Cecilio, Granada, Spain

Carmen P. Simeón

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Autoimmune Systemic Diseases Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Vall d’Hebron, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Roser Solans

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Autoimmune Systemic Diseases Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Vall d’Hebron, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

José Hernández-Rodríguez

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Vasculitis Research Unit, Department of Autoimmune Diseases, Hospital Clínic, University of Barcelona, Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain

Carlos Tolosa

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Parc Tauli, Sabadell, Spain

Santos Castañeda

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, Hospital de la Princesa, IIS-Princesa, Madrid, Spain

Javier Narváez

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain

Ferran Martinez-Valle

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Autoimmune Systemic Diseases Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Vall d’Hebron, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

European GCA Consortium

Membership of the European GCA Consortium and the European Scleroderma Group can be found in the Acknowledgments.

European Scleroderma Group

Membership of the European GCA Consortium and the European Scleroderma Group can be found in the Acknowledgments.

Torsten Witte

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Thomas Neumann

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Klinik für Innere Medizin III, University-Hospital Jena, Jena, Germany

Julia Holle

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Vasculitis Clinic, Klinikum Bad Bramstedt & University Hospital of Schleswig Holstein, Bad Bramstedt, Germany

Lorenzo Beretta

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Referral Center for Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico di Milano, Milan, Italy

Luigi Boiardi

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Rheumatology Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Azienda Ospedaliera Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Reggio Emilia, Italy

Giacomo Emmi

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy

Marco A. Cimmino

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Research Laboratory and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, Genova, Italy

Augusto Vaglio

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Biomedical Experimental and Clinical Sciences "Mario Serio", University of Firenze, Firenze, Italy, Nephrology and Dialysis Unit, Meyer Children's University Hospital, Firenze, Italy

Ariane L. Herrick

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centre for Musculoskeletal Research and NIHR Manchester Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, The University of Manchester, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, UK

Christopher P. Denton

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centre for Rheumatology, Royal Free and University College Medical School, London, UK

Carlo Salvarani

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Azienda USL-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia and Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy

María C. Cid

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Vasculitis Research Unit, Department of Autoimmune Diseases, Hospital Clínic, University of Barcelona, Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain

Ann W. Morgan

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Medicine, University of Leeds and NIHR-Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, United Kingdom

Carmen Fonseca

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centre for Rheumatology, Royal Free and University College Medical School, London, UK

Miguel A. González-Gay

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, University of Cantabria, Santander, Spain

Javier Martín

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Instituto de Parasitología y Biomedicina "López-Neyra", CSIC, PTS Granada, Granada, Spain

Ana Márquez

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft

anamaort@ipb.csic.es

Affiliations Instituto de Parasitología y Biomedicina "López-Neyra", CSIC, PTS Granada, Granada, Spain, Systemic Autoimmune Disease Unit, Hospital Clínico San Cecilio, Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria de Granada (ibs.GRANADA), Granada, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.