Antirheumatic therapy is not associated with changes in circulating N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide levels in patients with autoimmune arthritis

• Thao H. P. Nguyen ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: nhpthao00@gmail.com

  Affiliations Lillehammer Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Lillehammer, Norway, University of Oslo, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Oslo, Norway

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2597-4031

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• Morten Wang Fagerland,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Oslo Centre for Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Research Support Services, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway

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• Gia Deyab,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, Vestre Viken Hospital Trust, Drammen, Norway

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• Gunnbjørg Hjeltnes,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Innlandet Hospital Trust, Lillehammer, Norway

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• Ivana Hollan,

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

  Affiliations Beitostølen Health and Sport Centre, Beitostølen, Norway, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Gjøvik, Norway

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• Mark W. Feinberg,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Division of Cardiology, Brigham and Women´s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Gro Ø Eilertsen,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Clinical Medicine, UIT - The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway, Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway

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• Knut Mikkelsen,

  Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Volvat Medical Center, Lillehammer, Norway

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• Stefan Agewall

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations University of Oslo, Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Oslo, Norway, Department of Cardiology, Oslo University Hospital, Ullevål, Oslo, Norway

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