About the Authors
- Mercedes García-Bermúdez
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Affiliation Instituto de Parasitología y Biomedicina López-Neyra, IPBLN-C.S.I.C., Granada, Spain
- Carlos González-Juanatey
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Affiliation Cardiology Division, Hospital Xeral-Calde, Lugo, Spain
- Raquel López-Mejías
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Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IFIMAV, Santander, Spain
- María Teruel
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Affiliation Instituto de Parasitología y Biomedicina López-Neyra, IPBLN-C.S.I.C., Granada, Spain
- Alfonso Corrales
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Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IFIMAV, Santander, Spain
- José A. Miranda-Filloy
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Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Xeral-Calde, Lugo, Spain
- Santos Castañeda
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Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario La Princesa, IIS-Princesa, Madrid, Spain
- Alejandro Balsa
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Affiliation Rheumatology Unit, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain
- Benjamín Fernández-Gutierrez
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Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Clinico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain
- Isidoro González-Álvaro
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Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario La Princesa, IIS-Princesa, Madrid, Spain
- Carmen Gómez-Vaquero
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Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, IDIBELL, Barcelona, Spain
- Ricardo Blanco
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Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IFIMAV, Santander, Spain
- Javier Llorca
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Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Computational Biology, School of Medicine, University of Cantabria, and CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), IFIMAV, Santander, Spain
- Javier Martín
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Contributed equally to this work with: Javier Martín, Miguel A. González-Gay
Affiliation Instituto de Parasitología y Biomedicina López-Neyra, IPBLN-C.S.I.C., Granada, Spain
- Miguel A. González-Gay
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Contributed equally to this work with: Javier Martín, Miguel A. González-Gay
* E-mail: miguelaggay@hotmail.com
Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IFIMAV, Santander, Spain
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MGB CGJ AC MT. Performed the experiments: MGB MT CGJ AC. Analyzed the data: MGB CGJ AC MT RLM SC JL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MGB CGJ AC MT RLM SC JAMF AB BFG IGA CGV RB JL JM MAGG. Wrote the paper: MGB JM MAGG.