About the Authors
- Joana Caetano-Lopes
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Affiliation Rheumatology Research Unit, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Lisbon, Portugal
- Ana Lopes
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Affiliation Rheumatology Research Unit, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Lisbon, Portugal
- Ana Rodrigues
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Affiliations Rheumatology Research Unit, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Lisbon, Portugal, Serviço de Reumatologia e Doenças Ósseas Metabólicas, Hospital de Santa Maria, Lisbon, Portugal
- Diana Fernandes
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Affiliation Rheumatology Research Unit, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Lisbon, Portugal
- Inês P. Perpétuo
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Affiliation Rheumatology Research Unit, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Lisbon, Portugal
- Teresa Monjardino
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Affiliations Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, University of Porto Medical School, Porto, Portugal, Institute of Public Health, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Raquel Lucas
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Affiliations Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, University of Porto Medical School, Porto, Portugal, Institute of Public Health, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Jacinto Monteiro
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Affiliation Orthopaedics Department, Hospital de Santa Maria, Lisbon, Portugal
- Yrjö T. Konttinen
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Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, ORTON Orthopaedic Hospital of the Invalid Foundation, Helsinki, Finland, COXA Hospital for Joint Replacement, Tampere, Finland
- Helena Canhão
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Contributed equally to this work with: Helena Canhão, João E. Fonseca
Affiliations Rheumatology Research Unit, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Lisbon, Portugal, Serviço de Reumatologia e Doenças Ósseas Metabólicas, Hospital de Santa Maria, Lisbon, Portugal
- João E. Fonseca
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Contributed equally to this work with: Helena Canhão, João E. Fonseca
* E-mail: jefonseca@netcabo.pt
Affiliations Rheumatology Research Unit, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Lisbon, Portugal, Serviço de Reumatologia e Doenças Ósseas Metabólicas, Hospital de Santa Maria, Lisbon, Portugal
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: YTK HC JEF. Performed the experiments: JCL AL DF IP. Analyzed the data: TM RL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AR JM. Wrote the paper: JCL AR HC JEF.