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¹ Head of Clinics, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, and Department of Rheumatology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium; vanessa.smith@ugent.be.
² Research Laboratory and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy;
³ Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy;
⁴ Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium;
⁵ Department of Respiratory Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium;
⁶ Department of Cardiology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium;
⁷ Department of Public Health, Biostatistics Unit, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium;
⁸ Department of Rheumatology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium;
⁹ Department of Internal Medicine, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium;
¹⁰ Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, and Department of Rheumatology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium;
¹¹ Director, Research Laboratory and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.

Vanessa Smith et al. J Rheumatol. 2016 May.

. 2016 May;43(5):995-6.

doi: 10.3899/jrheum.151018.

¹ Head of Clinics, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, and Department of Rheumatology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium; vanessa.smith@ugent.be.
² Research Laboratory and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy;
³ Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy;
⁴ Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium;
⁵ Department of Respiratory Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium;
⁶ Department of Cardiology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium;
⁷ Department of Public Health, Biostatistics Unit, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium;
⁸ Department of Rheumatology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium;
⁹ Department of Internal Medicine, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium;
¹⁰ Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, and Department of Rheumatology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium;
¹¹ Director, Research Laboratory and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.

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