About the Authors

Rakib U. Rayhan

rur@georgetown.edu

Affiliation Georgetown University Medical Center, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Washington, DC, United States of America

Benson W. Stevens

Affiliation Georgetown University Medical Center, Department of Neurology, Center for Functional and Molecular Imaging, Washington, DC, United States of America

Christian R. Timbol

Affiliation Georgetown University Medical Center, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Washington, DC, United States of America

Oluwatoyin Adewuyi

Affiliation Georgetown University Medical Center, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Washington, DC, United States of America

Brian Walitt

Affiliation Washington Hospital Center; Division of Rheumatology, Washington, DC, United States of America

John W. VanMeter

Affiliation Georgetown University Medical Center, Department of Neurology, Center for Functional and Molecular Imaging, Washington, DC, United States of America

James N. Baraniuk

Affiliation Georgetown University Medical Center, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Washington, DC, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Edited the manuscript: RUR BWS CRT OA BW JWV JNB. Conceived and designed the experiments: JNB BW JWV. Performed the experiments: JNB BW RUR CRT OA. Analyzed the data: JNB BW JWV RUR OA BWS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JWV BWS. Wrote the paper: RUR JNB.