Autoantibodies are present before the clinical diagnosis of systemic sclerosis

• Peter D. Burbelo ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: burbelop@nidcr.nih.gov

  Affiliation Dental Clinical Research Core, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1717-048X

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• Sarah M. Gordon,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Nephrology Department, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, United States of America

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• Meryl Waldman,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Kidney Disease Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, and, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States of America

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• Jess D. Edison,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Rheumatology Department, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, United States of America

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• Dustin J. Little,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Nephrology Department, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, United States of America

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• Rodger S. Stitt,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Rheumatology Department, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, United States of America

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• Wayne T. Bailey,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Rheumatology Department, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, United States of America

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• James B. Hughes,

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

  Affiliation Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9290-1505

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• Stephen W. Olson

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Nephrology Department, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, United States of America

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