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Current Smoking is Associated with Incident Ankylosing Spondylitis — The HUNT Population-based Norwegian Health Study
Vibeke Videm, Adrian Cortes, Ranjeny Thomas and Matthew A. Brown
The Journal of Rheumatology August 2014, jrheum.140353; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.140353
Vibeke Videm
From the Department of Laboratory Medicine, Children’s and Women’s Health, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, and the Department of Immunology and Transfusion Medicine, Trondheim University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway; University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Translational Research Institute, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Woolloongabba, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Funding from the Liaison Committee between the Central Norway Regional Health Authority and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (VV, project 46051000). MAB is funded by a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Senior Principal Research Fellowship, and support for this study was received from an NHMRC program grant (566938) and project grant (569829), and from the Australian Cancer Research Foundation and the Rebecca Cooper Medical Research Foundation. V. Videm, MD, PhD, Professor of Immunology/Consulting Physician, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Children’s and Women’s Health, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, and Department of Immunology and Transfusion Medicine, Trondheim University Hospital; A. Cortes, PhD, Postdoctoral fellow; R. Thomas, MD, Professor of Rheumatology; M.A. Brown, MD, Professor of Immunogenetics/Director, University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Translational Research Institute, Princess Alexandra Hospital. Address correspondence to Dr. V. Videm, Department of Immunology and Transfusion Medicine, St. Olavs University Hospital, NO-7006, Trondheim, Norway. E-mail: vibeke.videm@ntnu.no. Accepted for publication June 13, 2014.
Adrian Cortes
From the Department of Laboratory Medicine, Children’s and Women’s Health, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, and the Department of Immunology and Transfusion Medicine, Trondheim University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway; University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Translational Research Institute, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Woolloongabba, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Funding from the Liaison Committee between the Central Norway Regional Health Authority and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (VV, project 46051000). MAB is funded by a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Senior Principal Research Fellowship, and support for this study was received from an NHMRC program grant (566938) and project grant (569829), and from the Australian Cancer Research Foundation and the Rebecca Cooper Medical Research Foundation. V. Videm, MD, PhD, Professor of Immunology/Consulting Physician, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Children’s and Women’s Health, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, and Department of Immunology and Transfusion Medicine, Trondheim University Hospital; A. Cortes, PhD, Postdoctoral fellow; R. Thomas, MD, Professor of Rheumatology; M.A. Brown, MD, Professor of Immunogenetics/Director, University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Translational Research Institute, Princess Alexandra Hospital. Address correspondence to Dr. V. Videm, Department of Immunology and Transfusion Medicine, St. Olavs University Hospital, NO-7006, Trondheim, Norway. E-mail: vibeke.videm@ntnu.no. Accepted for publication June 13, 2014.
Ranjeny Thomas
From the Department of Laboratory Medicine, Children’s and Women’s Health, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, and the Department of Immunology and Transfusion Medicine, Trondheim University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway; University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Translational Research Institute, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Woolloongabba, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Funding from the Liaison Committee between the Central Norway Regional Health Authority and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (VV, project 46051000). MAB is funded by a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Senior Principal Research Fellowship, and support for this study was received from an NHMRC program grant (566938) and project grant (569829), and from the Australian Cancer Research Foundation and the Rebecca Cooper Medical Research Foundation. V. Videm, MD, PhD, Professor of Immunology/Consulting Physician, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Children’s and Women’s Health, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, and Department of Immunology and Transfusion Medicine, Trondheim University Hospital; A. Cortes, PhD, Postdoctoral fellow; R. Thomas, MD, Professor of Rheumatology; M.A. Brown, MD, Professor of Immunogenetics/Director, University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Translational Research Institute, Princess Alexandra Hospital. Address correspondence to Dr. V. Videm, Department of Immunology and Transfusion Medicine, St. Olavs University Hospital, NO-7006, Trondheim, Norway. E-mail: vibeke.videm@ntnu.no. Accepted for publication June 13, 2014.
Matthew A. Brown
From the Department of Laboratory Medicine, Children’s and Women’s Health, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, and the Department of Immunology and Transfusion Medicine, Trondheim University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway; University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Translational Research Institute, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Woolloongabba, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Funding from the Liaison Committee between the Central Norway Regional Health Authority and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (VV, project 46051000). MAB is funded by a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Senior Principal Research Fellowship, and support for this study was received from an NHMRC program grant (566938) and project grant (569829), and from the Australian Cancer Research Foundation and the Rebecca Cooper Medical Research Foundation. V. Videm, MD, PhD, Professor of Immunology/Consulting Physician, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Children’s and Women’s Health, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, and Department of Immunology and Transfusion Medicine, Trondheim University Hospital; A. Cortes, PhD, Postdoctoral fellow; R. Thomas, MD, Professor of Rheumatology; M.A. Brown, MD, Professor of Immunogenetics/Director, University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Translational Research Institute, Princess Alexandra Hospital. Address correspondence to Dr. V. Videm, Department of Immunology and Transfusion Medicine, St. Olavs University Hospital, NO-7006, Trondheim, Norway. E-mail: vibeke.videm@ntnu.no. Accepted for publication June 13, 2014.
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Current Smoking is Associated with Incident Ankylosing Spondylitis — The HUNT Population-based Norwegian Health Study
Vibeke Videm, Adrian Cortes, Ranjeny Thomas, Matthew A. Brown
The Journal of Rheumatology Aug 2014, jrheum.140353; DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.140353