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Review
. 2020 Jun;16(6):293-294.
doi: 10.1038/s41584-020-0418-0.

The COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance: collecting data in a pandemic

Philip C Robinson  1 , Jinoos Yazdany  2
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Review

The COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance: collecting data in a pandemic

Philip C Robinson et al. Nat Rev Rheumatol. 2020 Jun.

Abstract

The global COVID-19 pandemic has the potential to severely affect those with rheumatic diseases or who are taking immunosuppressive therapies. Information is lacking as to how these groups will fare if they become infected. A global alliance has rapidly formed to try to address this information deficit.

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Conflict of interest statement

P.C.R. declares no competing interests related to this work, but outside of this work he declares personal consulting and/or speaking fees from Abbvie, Eli Lilly, Janssen, Novartis, Pfizer and UCB and travel assistance from Roche. J.Y. declares no competing interests.

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