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- Amir I. Elshafie,
- Abdalla D. Elkhalifa,
- Sahwa Elbagir,
- Mawahib I.E. Aledrissy,
- Elnour M. Elagib,
- Musa A.M. Nur,
- Tomas Weitoft and
- Johan Rönnelid
- From the Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University, Uppsala; Rheumatology Unit, Gävle Hospital, Gävle; Section of Rheumatology, Center for Research and Development, Uppsala University, Region of Gävleborg, Sweden; Khartoum Fertility Center; Rheumatology Unit, Alribat University Hospital, Khartoum; Rheumatology Unit, Military Hospital, Omdurman, Sudan.
Financial support was obtained from the Swedish Research Council, the Swedish Rheumatism Association, Agnes Mac and Rudberg Foundation, King Gustav Vth 80-year Foundation, and the Signe and Reinhold Sund’s Foundation for Rheumatological Research. Phadia/Thermofisher sponsored reagents for IgM-RF investigations.
A.I. Elshafie, MD, PhD, Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University; A.D. Elkhalifa, MD, Rheumatology Unit, Gävle Hospital; S. Elbagir, MD, Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University, and Khartoum Fertility Center; M.I. Aledrissy, MD, Rheumatology Unit, Alribat University Hospital; E.M. Elagib, MD, FRCP, Rheumatology Unit, Military Hospital; M.A. Nur, MD, FRCP, Rheumatology Unit, Alribat University Hospital; T. Weitoft, MD, PhD, Rheumatology Unit, Gävle Hospital, and Section of Rheumatology, Center for Research and Development, Uppsala University; J. Rönnelid, MD, PhD, Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University.
Address correspondence to Dr. A.I. Elshafie Hassan, Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Rudbeck Lab C5, Uppsala University Hospital, S-751 85 Uppsala, Sweden. E-mail: amir.elshafie@igp.uu.se.
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Accepted for publication June 16, 2016.