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- Roozbeh Sharif,
- Marvin J. Fritzler,
- Maureen D. Mayes,
- Emilio B. Gonzalez,
- Terry A. McNearney,
- Hilda Draeger,
- Murray Baron, The Canadian Scleroderma Research Group,
- Daniel E. Furst,
- Dinesh K. Khanna,
- Deborah J. Del Junco,
- Jerry A. Molitor,
- Elena Schiopu,
- Kristine Phillips,
- James R. Seibold,
- Richard M. Silver,
- Robert W. Simms, Genisos Study Group,
- Marilyn Perry,
- Carlos Rojo,
- Julio Charles,
- Xiaodong Zhou,
- Sandeep K. Agarwal,
- John D. Reveille,
- Shervin Assassi and
- Frank C. Arnett
- From the Division of Rheumatology and Immunogenetics, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas; Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Division of Rheumatology, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas; Division of Rheumatology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas; Jewish General Hospital and McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California; Division of Rheumatic and Autoimmune Diseases, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; University of Michigan Scleroderma Program, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA; Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA; and Rheumatology Section, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Supported by the National Institute of Health (NIH) Center of Research Translation P50AR054144 (F.C. Arnett, M.D. Mayes); NIH Training grant 5T32-AR052283-03 (J.D. Reveille); NIH Family Registry and DNA Repository N01-AR0-2251 (M.D. Mayes); NIH-KL2RR024149-04 (S. Assassi); NIH-U01-AI090909-01 Studies of HLA Region Genomics in Systemic Sclerosis and Ankylosing Spondylitis (X. Zhou); the United States Army Medical Research and Material Command PR064251 Candidate Gene Polymorphisms in Scleroderma: Defining Genetic Susceptibility Factors (M.D. Mayes); University Clinic Research Center grants M01-RR00073 (UTMB) and M01-RR01346 (UT-HSC-SA); and NIH Clinical and Translational Sciences Award UL1-RR024148 and TL1 RR024147 from the National Center for Research Resources.
R. Sharif, MD, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston; M.J. Fritzler, MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine, University of Calgary; M.D. Mayes, MD, MPH, Professor of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston; E.B. Gonzalez, MD, Professor of Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch; T.A. McNearney, MD, Professor of Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch (currently employed at Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, IN); H. Draeger, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio; M. Baron, MD, Professor of Medicine, Jewish General Hospital, Director, Canadian Scleroderma Research Group; D.E. Furst, MD, Professor of Medicine; D.K. Khanna, MD, MS, Associate Professor of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles; D.J. del Junco, PhD, Director of Outcome Research Center for Translational Injury Research (CeTIR), University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston; J.A. Molitor, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Minnesota; E. Schiopu, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine; K. Phillips, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Michigan; J.R. Seibold, MD, Professor of Medicine, University of Michigan (currently at Scleroderma Research Consultants, LLc, Avon, CT); R.M. Silver, MD, Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, Medical University of South Carolina; R.W. Simms, MD, Professor of Medicine, Boston University; M. Perry, BSc, Senior Research Associate; C. Rojo, BSc; J. Charles, BSc, Senior Research Associate; X. Zhou, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine; S.K. Agarwal, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine; J.D. Reveille, MD, Professor of Medicine; S. Assassi, MD, MS, Assistant Professor of Medicine; F.C. Arnett, MD, Professor of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.
Address correspondence to Dr. R. Sharif, University of Texas Health Science Center, 6431 Fannin Street, MSB 5.261, Houston, TX 77030, USA. E-mail: roozbeh.sharif@uth.tmc.edu
Accepted for publication March 11, 2011.