Research ArticleArticle
Definition and Reliability Assessment of Elementary Ultrasonographic Findings in Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease: A Study by the OMERACT Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease Ultrasound Subtask Force
Georgios Filippou, Carlo A. Scirè, Nemanja Damjanov, Antonella Adinolfi, Greta Carrara, Valentina Picerno, Carmela Toscano, George A. Bruyn, Maria Antonietta D’Agostino, Andrea Delle Sedie, Emilio Filippucci, Marwin Gutierrez, Mihaela Micu, Ingrid Möller, Esperanza Naredo, Carlos Pineda, Francesco Porta, Wolfgang A. Schmidt, Lene Terslev, Violeta Vlad, Pascal Zufferey and Annamaria Iagnocco
The Journal of Rheumatology March 2017, jrheum.161057; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.161057
Georgios Filippou
From the University of Siena, Siena; Italian Society for Rheumatology (SIR) Epidemiology Unit, Milan; University of Pisa, Pisa; Università Politecnica delle Marche, Jesi; Internal Medicine Division, San Jacopo Hospital, Pistoia; Università degli Studi di Torino, Turin, Italy; University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia; Department of Rheumatology, MC Groep, Lelystad, the Netherlands; APHP, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, Rheumatology Department, Boulogne-Billancourt; INSERM U1173, Laboratoire d’Excellence INFLAMEX, UFR Simone Veil, Versailles-Saint-Quentin University, Saint-Quentin en Yvelines, France; Division of Musculoskeletal and Rheumatic Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra, Mexico City, Mexico; Rehabilitation Clinical Hospital, Cluj-Napoca; Sf. Maria Hospital, Bucharest, Romania; Instituto Poal, University of Barcelona, Barcelona; Department of Rheumatology, Joint and Bone Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Fundación Jimenez Deaz and Autónoma University, Madrid, Spain; Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Medical Center for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark; Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland. G. Filippou, MD, PhD, University of Siena; C.A. Scirè, MD, Professor of Rheumatology, SIR Epidemiology Unit; N. Damjanov, MD, PhD, Professor of Rheumatology, University of Belgrade; A. Adinolfi, MD, University of Siena; G. Carrara, MSc, SIR Epidemiology Unit; V. Picerno, MD, University of Siena; C. Toscano, MD, University of Siena; G.A. Bruyn, MD, Professor of Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, MC Groep; M.A. D’Agostino, MD, PhD, APHP, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, Rheumatology Department, and INSERM U1173, Laboratoire d’Excellence INFLAMEX, UFR Simone Veil, Versailles-Saint-Quentin University; A. Delle Sedie, MD, University of Pisa; E. Filippucci, MD, PhD, Senior Lecturer in Rheumatology, Università Politecnica delle Marche; M. Gutierrez, MD, Division of Musculoskeletal and Rheumatic Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra; M. Micu, MD, Rehabilitation Clinical Hospital; I. Möller, MD, PhD, Instituto Poal, University of Barcelona; E. Naredo, MD, Department of Rheumatology, Joint and Bone Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Fundación Jimenez Deaz and Autónoma University; C. Pineda, MD, PhD, Division of Musculoskeletal and Rheumatic Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra; F. Porta, MD, Internal Medicine Division, San Jacopo Hospital; W.A. Schmidt, MD, Professor of Charité University Medicine, Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Medical Center for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch; L. Terslev, MD, PhD, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet; V. Vlad, MD, PhD, Sf. Maria Hospital; P. Zufferey, MD, Lausanne University Hospital; A. Iagnocco, MD, Professor of Rheumatology, Università degli Studi di Torino. Address correspondence to Dr. G. Filippou, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Neurosciences, Rheumatology Section, Policlinico le Scotte, Viale Bracci 16, 53100 Siena, Italy. E-mail: gf.filippou@gmail.com. Accepted for publication January 13, 2017.
Carlo A. Scirè
From the University of Siena, Siena; Italian Society for Rheumatology (SIR) Epidemiology Unit, Milan; University of Pisa, Pisa; Università Politecnica delle Marche, Jesi; Internal Medicine Division, San Jacopo Hospital, Pistoia; Università degli Studi di Torino, Turin, Italy; University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia; Department of Rheumatology, MC Groep, Lelystad, the Netherlands; APHP, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, Rheumatology Department, Boulogne-Billancourt; INSERM U1173, Laboratoire d’Excellence INFLAMEX, UFR Simone Veil, Versailles-Saint-Quentin University, Saint-Quentin en Yvelines, France; Division of Musculoskeletal and Rheumatic Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra, Mexico City, Mexico; Rehabilitation Clinical Hospital, Cluj-Napoca; Sf. Maria Hospital, Bucharest, Romania; Instituto Poal, University of Barcelona, Barcelona; Department of Rheumatology, Joint and Bone Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Fundación Jimenez Deaz and Autónoma University, Madrid, Spain; Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Medical Center for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark; Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland. G. Filippou, MD, PhD, University of Siena; C.A. Scirè, MD, Professor of Rheumatology, SIR Epidemiology Unit; N. Damjanov, MD, PhD, Professor of Rheumatology, University of Belgrade; A. Adinolfi, MD, University of Siena; G. Carrara, MSc, SIR Epidemiology Unit; V. Picerno, MD, University of Siena; C. Toscano, MD, University of Siena; G.A. Bruyn, MD, Professor of Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, MC Groep; M.A. D’Agostino, MD, PhD, APHP, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, Rheumatology Department, and INSERM U1173, Laboratoire d’Excellence INFLAMEX, UFR Simone Veil, Versailles-Saint-Quentin University; A. Delle Sedie, MD, University of Pisa; E. Filippucci, MD, PhD, Senior Lecturer in Rheumatology, Università Politecnica delle Marche; M. Gutierrez, MD, Division of Musculoskeletal and Rheumatic Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra; M. Micu, MD, Rehabilitation Clinical Hospital; I. Möller, MD, PhD, Instituto Poal, University of Barcelona; E. Naredo, MD, Department of Rheumatology, Joint and Bone Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Fundación Jimenez Deaz and Autónoma University; C. Pineda, MD, PhD, Division of Musculoskeletal and Rheumatic Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra; F. Porta, MD, Internal Medicine Division, San Jacopo Hospital; W.A. Schmidt, MD, Professor of Charité University Medicine, Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Medical Center for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch; L. Terslev, MD, PhD, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet; V. Vlad, MD, PhD, Sf. Maria Hospital; P. Zufferey, MD, Lausanne University Hospital; A. Iagnocco, MD, Professor of Rheumatology, Università degli Studi di Torino. Address correspondence to Dr. G. Filippou, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Neurosciences, Rheumatology Section, Policlinico le Scotte, Viale Bracci 16, 53100 Siena, Italy. E-mail: gf.filippou@gmail.com. Accepted for publication January 13, 2017.
Nemanja Damjanov
From the University of Siena, Siena; Italian Society for Rheumatology (SIR) Epidemiology Unit, Milan; University of Pisa, Pisa; Università Politecnica delle Marche, Jesi; Internal Medicine Division, San Jacopo Hospital, Pistoia; Università degli Studi di Torino, Turin, Italy; University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia; Department of Rheumatology, MC Groep, Lelystad, the Netherlands; APHP, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, Rheumatology Department, Boulogne-Billancourt; INSERM U1173, Laboratoire d’Excellence INFLAMEX, UFR Simone Veil, Versailles-Saint-Quentin University, Saint-Quentin en Yvelines, France; Division of Musculoskeletal and Rheumatic Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra, Mexico City, Mexico; Rehabilitation Clinical Hospital, Cluj-Napoca; Sf. Maria Hospital, Bucharest, Romania; Instituto Poal, University of Barcelona, Barcelona; Department of Rheumatology, Joint and Bone Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Fundación Jimenez Deaz and Autónoma University, Madrid, Spain; Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Medical Center for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark; Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland. G. Filippou, MD, PhD, University of Siena; C.A. Scirè, MD, Professor of Rheumatology, SIR Epidemiology Unit; N. Damjanov, MD, PhD, Professor of Rheumatology, University of Belgrade; A. Adinolfi, MD, University of Siena; G. Carrara, MSc, SIR Epidemiology Unit; V. Picerno, MD, University of Siena; C. Toscano, MD, University of Siena; G.A. Bruyn, MD, Professor of Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, MC Groep; M.A. D’Agostino, MD, PhD, APHP, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, Rheumatology Department, and INSERM U1173, Laboratoire d’Excellence INFLAMEX, UFR Simone Veil, Versailles-Saint-Quentin University; A. Delle Sedie, MD, University of Pisa; E. Filippucci, MD, PhD, Senior Lecturer in Rheumatology, Università Politecnica delle Marche; M. Gutierrez, MD, Division of Musculoskeletal and Rheumatic Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra; M. Micu, MD, Rehabilitation Clinical Hospital; I. Möller, MD, PhD, Instituto Poal, University of Barcelona; E. Naredo, MD, Department of Rheumatology, Joint and Bone Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Fundación Jimenez Deaz and Autónoma University; C. Pineda, MD, PhD, Division of Musculoskeletal and Rheumatic Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra; F. Porta, MD, Internal Medicine Division, San Jacopo Hospital; W.A. Schmidt, MD, Professor of Charité University Medicine, Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Medical Center for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch; L. Terslev, MD, PhD, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet; V. Vlad, MD, PhD, Sf. Maria Hospital; P. Zufferey, MD, Lausanne University Hospital; A. Iagnocco, MD, Professor of Rheumatology, Università degli Studi di Torino. Address correspondence to Dr. G. Filippou, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Neurosciences, Rheumatology Section, Policlinico le Scotte, Viale Bracci 16, 53100 Siena, Italy. E-mail: gf.filippou@gmail.com. Accepted for publication January 13, 2017.
Antonella Adinolfi
From the University of Siena, Siena; Italian Society for Rheumatology (SIR) Epidemiology Unit, Milan; University of Pisa, Pisa; Università Politecnica delle Marche, Jesi; Internal Medicine Division, San Jacopo Hospital, Pistoia; Università degli Studi di Torino, Turin, Italy; University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia; Department of Rheumatology, MC Groep, Lelystad, the Netherlands; APHP, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, Rheumatology Department, Boulogne-Billancourt; INSERM U1173, Laboratoire d’Excellence INFLAMEX, UFR Simone Veil, Versailles-Saint-Quentin University, Saint-Quentin en Yvelines, France; Division of Musculoskeletal and Rheumatic Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra, Mexico City, Mexico; Rehabilitation Clinical Hospital, Cluj-Napoca; Sf. Maria Hospital, Bucharest, Romania; Instituto Poal, University of Barcelona, Barcelona; Department of Rheumatology, Joint and Bone Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Fundación Jimenez Deaz and Autónoma University, Madrid, Spain; Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Medical Center for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark; Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland. G. Filippou, MD, PhD, University of Siena; C.A. Scirè, MD, Professor of Rheumatology, SIR Epidemiology Unit; N. Damjanov, MD, PhD, Professor of Rheumatology, University of Belgrade; A. Adinolfi, MD, University of Siena; G. Carrara, MSc, SIR Epidemiology Unit; V. Picerno, MD, University of Siena; C. Toscano, MD, University of Siena; G.A. Bruyn, MD, Professor of Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, MC Groep; M.A. D’Agostino, MD, PhD, APHP, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, Rheumatology Department, and INSERM U1173, Laboratoire d’Excellence INFLAMEX, UFR Simone Veil, Versailles-Saint-Quentin University; A. Delle Sedie, MD, University of Pisa; E. Filippucci, MD, PhD, Senior Lecturer in Rheumatology, Università Politecnica delle Marche; M. Gutierrez, MD, Division of Musculoskeletal and Rheumatic Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra; M. Micu, MD, Rehabilitation Clinical Hospital; I. Möller, MD, PhD, Instituto Poal, University of Barcelona; E. Naredo, MD, Department of Rheumatology, Joint and Bone Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Fundación Jimenez Deaz and Autónoma University; C. Pineda, MD, PhD, Division of Musculoskeletal and Rheumatic Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra; F. Porta, MD, Internal Medicine Division, San Jacopo Hospital; W.A. Schmidt, MD, Professor of Charité University Medicine, Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Medical Center for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch; L. Terslev, MD, PhD, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet; V. Vlad, MD, PhD, Sf. Maria Hospital; P. Zufferey, MD, Lausanne University Hospital; A. Iagnocco, MD, Professor of Rheumatology, Università degli Studi di Torino. Address correspondence to Dr. G. Filippou, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Neurosciences, Rheumatology Section, Policlinico le Scotte, Viale Bracci 16, 53100 Siena, Italy. E-mail: gf.filippou@gmail.com. Accepted for publication January 13, 2017.
Greta Carrara
From the University of Siena, Siena; Italian Society for Rheumatology (SIR) Epidemiology Unit, Milan; University of Pisa, Pisa; Università Politecnica delle Marche, Jesi; Internal Medicine Division, San Jacopo Hospital, Pistoia; Università degli Studi di Torino, Turin, Italy; University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia; Department of Rheumatology, MC Groep, Lelystad, the Netherlands; APHP, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, Rheumatology Department, Boulogne-Billancourt; INSERM U1173, Laboratoire d’Excellence INFLAMEX, UFR Simone Veil, Versailles-Saint-Quentin University, Saint-Quentin en Yvelines, France; Division of Musculoskeletal and Rheumatic Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra, Mexico City, Mexico; Rehabilitation Clinical Hospital, Cluj-Napoca; Sf. Maria Hospital, Bucharest, Romania; Instituto Poal, University of Barcelona, Barcelona; Department of Rheumatology, Joint and Bone Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Fundación Jimenez Deaz and Autónoma University, Madrid, Spain; Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Medical Center for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark; Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland. G. Filippou, MD, PhD, University of Siena; C.A. Scirè, MD, Professor of Rheumatology, SIR Epidemiology Unit; N. Damjanov, MD, PhD, Professor of Rheumatology, University of Belgrade; A. Adinolfi, MD, University of Siena; G. Carrara, MSc, SIR Epidemiology Unit; V. Picerno, MD, University of Siena; C. Toscano, MD, University of Siena; G.A. Bruyn, MD, Professor of Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, MC Groep; M.A. D’Agostino, MD, PhD, APHP, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, Rheumatology Department, and INSERM U1173, Laboratoire d’Excellence INFLAMEX, UFR Simone Veil, Versailles-Saint-Quentin University; A. Delle Sedie, MD, University of Pisa; E. Filippucci, MD, PhD, Senior Lecturer in Rheumatology, Università Politecnica delle Marche; M. Gutierrez, MD, Division of Musculoskeletal and Rheumatic Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra; M. Micu, MD, Rehabilitation Clinical Hospital; I. Möller, MD, PhD, Instituto Poal, University of Barcelona; E. Naredo, MD, Department of Rheumatology, Joint and Bone Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Fundación Jimenez Deaz and Autónoma University; C. Pineda, MD, PhD, Division of Musculoskeletal and Rheumatic Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra; F. Porta, MD, Internal Medicine Division, San Jacopo Hospital; W.A. Schmidt, MD, Professor of Charité University Medicine, Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Medical Center for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch; L. Terslev, MD, PhD, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet; V. Vlad, MD, PhD, Sf. Maria Hospital; P. Zufferey, MD, Lausanne University Hospital; A. Iagnocco, MD, Professor of Rheumatology, Università degli Studi di Torino. Address correspondence to Dr. G. Filippou, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Neurosciences, Rheumatology Section, Policlinico le Scotte, Viale Bracci 16, 53100 Siena, Italy. E-mail: gf.filippou@gmail.com. Accepted for publication January 13, 2017.
Valentina Picerno
From the University of Siena, Siena; Italian Society for Rheumatology (SIR) Epidemiology Unit, Milan; University of Pisa, Pisa; Università Politecnica delle Marche, Jesi; Internal Medicine Division, San Jacopo Hospital, Pistoia; Università degli Studi di Torino, Turin, Italy; University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia; Department of Rheumatology, MC Groep, Lelystad, the Netherlands; APHP, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, Rheumatology Department, Boulogne-Billancourt; INSERM U1173, Laboratoire d’Excellence INFLAMEX, UFR Simone Veil, Versailles-Saint-Quentin University, Saint-Quentin en Yvelines, France; Division of Musculoskeletal and Rheumatic Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra, Mexico City, Mexico; Rehabilitation Clinical Hospital, Cluj-Napoca; Sf. Maria Hospital, Bucharest, Romania; Instituto Poal, University of Barcelona, Barcelona; Department of Rheumatology, Joint and Bone Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Fundación Jimenez Deaz and Autónoma University, Madrid, Spain; Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Medical Center for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark; Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland. G. Filippou, MD, PhD, University of Siena; C.A. Scirè, MD, Professor of Rheumatology, SIR Epidemiology Unit; N. Damjanov, MD, PhD, Professor of Rheumatology, University of Belgrade; A. Adinolfi, MD, University of Siena; G. Carrara, MSc, SIR Epidemiology Unit; V. Picerno, MD, University of Siena; C. Toscano, MD, University of Siena; G.A. Bruyn, MD, Professor of Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, MC Groep; M.A. D’Agostino, MD, PhD, APHP, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, Rheumatology Department, and INSERM U1173, Laboratoire d’Excellence INFLAMEX, UFR Simone Veil, Versailles-Saint-Quentin University; A. Delle Sedie, MD, University of Pisa; E. Filippucci, MD, PhD, Senior Lecturer in Rheumatology, Università Politecnica delle Marche; M. Gutierrez, MD, Division of Musculoskeletal and Rheumatic Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra; M. Micu, MD, Rehabilitation Clinical Hospital; I. Möller, MD, PhD, Instituto Poal, University of Barcelona; E. Naredo, MD, Department of Rheumatology, Joint and Bone Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Fundación Jimenez Deaz and Autónoma University; C. Pineda, MD, PhD, Division of Musculoskeletal and Rheumatic Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra; F. Porta, MD, Internal Medicine Division, San Jacopo Hospital; W.A. Schmidt, MD, Professor of Charité University Medicine, Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Medical Center for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch; L. Terslev, MD, PhD, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet; V. Vlad, MD, PhD, Sf. Maria Hospital; P. Zufferey, MD, Lausanne University Hospital; A. Iagnocco, MD, Professor of Rheumatology, Università degli Studi di Torino. Address correspondence to Dr. G. Filippou, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Neurosciences, Rheumatology Section, Policlinico le Scotte, Viale Bracci 16, 53100 Siena, Italy. E-mail: gf.filippou@gmail.com. Accepted for publication January 13, 2017.
Carmela Toscano
From the University of Siena, Siena; Italian Society for Rheumatology (SIR) Epidemiology Unit, Milan; University of Pisa, Pisa; Università Politecnica delle Marche, Jesi; Internal Medicine Division, San Jacopo Hospital, Pistoia; Università degli Studi di Torino, Turin, Italy; University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia; Department of Rheumatology, MC Groep, Lelystad, the Netherlands; APHP, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, Rheumatology Department, Boulogne-Billancourt; INSERM U1173, Laboratoire d’Excellence INFLAMEX, UFR Simone Veil, Versailles-Saint-Quentin University, Saint-Quentin en Yvelines, France; Division of Musculoskeletal and Rheumatic Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra, Mexico City, Mexico; Rehabilitation Clinical Hospital, Cluj-Napoca; Sf. Maria Hospital, Bucharest, Romania; Instituto Poal, University of Barcelona, Barcelona; Department of Rheumatology, Joint and Bone Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Fundación Jimenez Deaz and Autónoma University, Madrid, Spain; Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Medical Center for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark; Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland. G. Filippou, MD, PhD, University of Siena; C.A. Scirè, MD, Professor of Rheumatology, SIR Epidemiology Unit; N. Damjanov, MD, PhD, Professor of Rheumatology, University of Belgrade; A. Adinolfi, MD, University of Siena; G. Carrara, MSc, SIR Epidemiology Unit; V. Picerno, MD, University of Siena; C. Toscano, MD, University of Siena; G.A. Bruyn, MD, Professor of Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, MC Groep; M.A. D’Agostino, MD, PhD, APHP, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, Rheumatology Department, and INSERM U1173, Laboratoire d’Excellence INFLAMEX, UFR Simone Veil, Versailles-Saint-Quentin University; A. Delle Sedie, MD, University of Pisa; E. Filippucci, MD, PhD, Senior Lecturer in Rheumatology, Università Politecnica delle Marche; M. Gutierrez, MD, Division of Musculoskeletal and Rheumatic Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra; M. Micu, MD, Rehabilitation Clinical Hospital; I. Möller, MD, PhD, Instituto Poal, University of Barcelona; E. Naredo, MD, Department of Rheumatology, Joint and Bone Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Fundación Jimenez Deaz and Autónoma University; C. Pineda, MD, PhD, Division of Musculoskeletal and Rheumatic Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra; F. Porta, MD, Internal Medicine Division, San Jacopo Hospital; W.A. Schmidt, MD, Professor of Charité University Medicine, Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Medical Center for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch; L. Terslev, MD, PhD, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet; V. Vlad, MD, PhD, Sf. Maria Hospital; P. Zufferey, MD, Lausanne University Hospital; A. Iagnocco, MD, Professor of Rheumatology, Università degli Studi di Torino. Address correspondence to Dr. G. Filippou, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Neurosciences, Rheumatology Section, Policlinico le Scotte, Viale Bracci 16, 53100 Siena, Italy. E-mail: gf.filippou@gmail.com. Accepted for publication January 13, 2017.
George A. Bruyn
From the University of Siena, Siena; Italian Society for Rheumatology (SIR) Epidemiology Unit, Milan; University of Pisa, Pisa; Università Politecnica delle Marche, Jesi; Internal Medicine Division, San Jacopo Hospital, Pistoia; Università degli Studi di Torino, Turin, Italy; University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia; Department of Rheumatology, MC Groep, Lelystad, the Netherlands; APHP, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, Rheumatology Department, Boulogne-Billancourt; INSERM U1173, Laboratoire d’Excellence INFLAMEX, UFR Simone Veil, Versailles-Saint-Quentin University, Saint-Quentin en Yvelines, France; Division of Musculoskeletal and Rheumatic Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra, Mexico City, Mexico; Rehabilitation Clinical Hospital, Cluj-Napoca; Sf. Maria Hospital, Bucharest, Romania; Instituto Poal, University of Barcelona, Barcelona; Department of Rheumatology, Joint and Bone Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Fundación Jimenez Deaz and Autónoma University, Madrid, Spain; Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Medical Center for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark; Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland. G. Filippou, MD, PhD, University of Siena; C.A. Scirè, MD, Professor of Rheumatology, SIR Epidemiology Unit; N. Damjanov, MD, PhD, Professor of Rheumatology, University of Belgrade; A. Adinolfi, MD, University of Siena; G. Carrara, MSc, SIR Epidemiology Unit; V. Picerno, MD, University of Siena; C. Toscano, MD, University of Siena; G.A. Bruyn, MD, Professor of Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, MC Groep; M.A. D’Agostino, MD, PhD, APHP, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, Rheumatology Department, and INSERM U1173, Laboratoire d’Excellence INFLAMEX, UFR Simone Veil, Versailles-Saint-Quentin University; A. Delle Sedie, MD, University of Pisa; E. Filippucci, MD, PhD, Senior Lecturer in Rheumatology, Università Politecnica delle Marche; M. Gutierrez, MD, Division of Musculoskeletal and Rheumatic Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra; M. Micu, MD, Rehabilitation Clinical Hospital; I. Möller, MD, PhD, Instituto Poal, University of Barcelona; E. Naredo, MD, Department of Rheumatology, Joint and Bone Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Fundación Jimenez Deaz and Autónoma University; C. Pineda, MD, PhD, Division of Musculoskeletal and Rheumatic Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra; F. Porta, MD, Internal Medicine Division, San Jacopo Hospital; W.A. Schmidt, MD, Professor of Charité University Medicine, Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Medical Center for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch; L. Terslev, MD, PhD, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet; V. Vlad, MD, PhD, Sf. Maria Hospital; P. Zufferey, MD, Lausanne University Hospital; A. Iagnocco, MD, Professor of Rheumatology, Università degli Studi di Torino. Address correspondence to Dr. G. Filippou, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Neurosciences, Rheumatology Section, Policlinico le Scotte, Viale Bracci 16, 53100 Siena, Italy. E-mail: gf.filippou@gmail.com. Accepted for publication January 13, 2017.
Maria Antonietta D’Agostino
From the University of Siena, Siena; Italian Society for Rheumatology (SIR) Epidemiology Unit, Milan; University of Pisa, Pisa; Università Politecnica delle Marche, Jesi; Internal Medicine Division, San Jacopo Hospital, Pistoia; Università degli Studi di Torino, Turin, Italy; University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia; Department of Rheumatology, MC Groep, Lelystad, the Netherlands; APHP, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, Rheumatology Department, Boulogne-Billancourt; INSERM U1173, Laboratoire d’Excellence INFLAMEX, UFR Simone Veil, Versailles-Saint-Quentin University, Saint-Quentin en Yvelines, France; Division of Musculoskeletal and Rheumatic Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra, Mexico City, Mexico; Rehabilitation Clinical Hospital, Cluj-Napoca; Sf. Maria Hospital, Bucharest, Romania; Instituto Poal, University of Barcelona, Barcelona; Department of Rheumatology, Joint and Bone Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Fundación Jimenez Deaz and Autónoma University, Madrid, Spain; Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Medical Center for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark; Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland. G. Filippou, MD, PhD, University of Siena; C.A. Scirè, MD, Professor of Rheumatology, SIR Epidemiology Unit; N. Damjanov, MD, PhD, Professor of Rheumatology, University of Belgrade; A. Adinolfi, MD, University of Siena; G. Carrara, MSc, SIR Epidemiology Unit; V. Picerno, MD, University of Siena; C. Toscano, MD, University of Siena; G.A. Bruyn, MD, Professor of Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, MC Groep; M.A. D’Agostino, MD, PhD, APHP, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, Rheumatology Department, and INSERM U1173, Laboratoire d’Excellence INFLAMEX, UFR Simone Veil, Versailles-Saint-Quentin University; A. Delle Sedie, MD, University of Pisa; E. Filippucci, MD, PhD, Senior Lecturer in Rheumatology, Università Politecnica delle Marche; M. Gutierrez, MD, Division of Musculoskeletal and Rheumatic Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra; M. Micu, MD, Rehabilitation Clinical Hospital; I. Möller, MD, PhD, Instituto Poal, University of Barcelona; E. Naredo, MD, Department of Rheumatology, Joint and Bone Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Fundación Jimenez Deaz and Autónoma University; C. Pineda, MD, PhD, Division of Musculoskeletal and Rheumatic Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra; F. Porta, MD, Internal Medicine Division, San Jacopo Hospital; W.A. Schmidt, MD, Professor of Charité University Medicine, Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Medical Center for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch; L. Terslev, MD, PhD, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet; V. Vlad, MD, PhD, Sf. Maria Hospital; P. Zufferey, MD, Lausanne University Hospital; A. Iagnocco, MD, Professor of Rheumatology, Università degli Studi di Torino. Address correspondence to Dr. G. Filippou, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Neurosciences, Rheumatology Section, Policlinico le Scotte, Viale Bracci 16, 53100 Siena, Italy. E-mail: gf.filippou@gmail.com. Accepted for publication January 13, 2017.
Andrea Delle Sedie
From the University of Siena, Siena; Italian Society for Rheumatology (SIR) Epidemiology Unit, Milan; University of Pisa, Pisa; Università Politecnica delle Marche, Jesi; Internal Medicine Division, San Jacopo Hospital, Pistoia; Università degli Studi di Torino, Turin, Italy; University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia; Department of Rheumatology, MC Groep, Lelystad, the Netherlands; APHP, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, Rheumatology Department, Boulogne-Billancourt; INSERM U1173, Laboratoire d’Excellence INFLAMEX, UFR Simone Veil, Versailles-Saint-Quentin University, Saint-Quentin en Yvelines, France; Division of Musculoskeletal and Rheumatic Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra, Mexico City, Mexico; Rehabilitation Clinical Hospital, Cluj-Napoca; Sf. Maria Hospital, Bucharest, Romania; Instituto Poal, University of Barcelona, Barcelona; Department of Rheumatology, Joint and Bone Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Fundación Jimenez Deaz and Autónoma University, Madrid, Spain; Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Medical Center for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark; Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland. G. Filippou, MD, PhD, University of Siena; C.A. Scirè, MD, Professor of Rheumatology, SIR Epidemiology Unit; N. Damjanov, MD, PhD, Professor of Rheumatology, University of Belgrade; A. Adinolfi, MD, University of Siena; G. Carrara, MSc, SIR Epidemiology Unit; V. Picerno, MD, University of Siena; C. Toscano, MD, University of Siena; G.A. Bruyn, MD, Professor of Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, MC Groep; M.A. D’Agostino, MD, PhD, APHP, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, Rheumatology Department, and INSERM U1173, Laboratoire d’Excellence INFLAMEX, UFR Simone Veil, Versailles-Saint-Quentin University; A. Delle Sedie, MD, University of Pisa; E. Filippucci, MD, PhD, Senior Lecturer in Rheumatology, Università Politecnica delle Marche; M. Gutierrez, MD, Division of Musculoskeletal and Rheumatic Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra; M. Micu, MD, Rehabilitation Clinical Hospital; I. Möller, MD, PhD, Instituto Poal, University of Barcelona; E. Naredo, MD, Department of Rheumatology, Joint and Bone Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Fundación Jimenez Deaz and Autónoma University; C. Pineda, MD, PhD, Division of Musculoskeletal and Rheumatic Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra; F. Porta, MD, Internal Medicine Division, San Jacopo Hospital; W.A. Schmidt, MD, Professor of Charité University Medicine, Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Medical Center for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch; L. Terslev, MD, PhD, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet; V. Vlad, MD, PhD, Sf. Maria Hospital; P. Zufferey, MD, Lausanne University Hospital; A. Iagnocco, MD, Professor of Rheumatology, Università degli Studi di Torino. Address correspondence to Dr. G. Filippou, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Neurosciences, Rheumatology Section, Policlinico le Scotte, Viale Bracci 16, 53100 Siena, Italy. E-mail: gf.filippou@gmail.com. Accepted for publication January 13, 2017.
Emilio Filippucci
From the University of Siena, Siena; Italian Society for Rheumatology (SIR) Epidemiology Unit, Milan; University of Pisa, Pisa; Università Politecnica delle Marche, Jesi; Internal Medicine Division, San Jacopo Hospital, Pistoia; Università degli Studi di Torino, Turin, Italy; University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia; Department of Rheumatology, MC Groep, Lelystad, the Netherlands; APHP, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, Rheumatology Department, Boulogne-Billancourt; INSERM U1173, Laboratoire d’Excellence INFLAMEX, UFR Simone Veil, Versailles-Saint-Quentin University, Saint-Quentin en Yvelines, France; Division of Musculoskeletal and Rheumatic Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra, Mexico City, Mexico; Rehabilitation Clinical Hospital, Cluj-Napoca; Sf. Maria Hospital, Bucharest, Romania; Instituto Poal, University of Barcelona, Barcelona; Department of Rheumatology, Joint and Bone Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Fundación Jimenez Deaz and Autónoma University, Madrid, Spain; Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Medical Center for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark; Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland. G. Filippou, MD, PhD, University of Siena; C.A. Scirè, MD, Professor of Rheumatology, SIR Epidemiology Unit; N. Damjanov, MD, PhD, Professor of Rheumatology, University of Belgrade; A. Adinolfi, MD, University of Siena; G. Carrara, MSc, SIR Epidemiology Unit; V. Picerno, MD, University of Siena; C. Toscano, MD, University of Siena; G.A. Bruyn, MD, Professor of Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, MC Groep; M.A. D’Agostino, MD, PhD, APHP, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, Rheumatology Department, and INSERM U1173, Laboratoire d’Excellence INFLAMEX, UFR Simone Veil, Versailles-Saint-Quentin University; A. Delle Sedie, MD, University of Pisa; E. Filippucci, MD, PhD, Senior Lecturer in Rheumatology, Università Politecnica delle Marche; M. Gutierrez, MD, Division of Musculoskeletal and Rheumatic Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra; M. Micu, MD, Rehabilitation Clinical Hospital; I. Möller, MD, PhD, Instituto Poal, University of Barcelona; E. Naredo, MD, Department of Rheumatology, Joint and Bone Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Fundación Jimenez Deaz and Autónoma University; C. Pineda, MD, PhD, Division of Musculoskeletal and Rheumatic Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra; F. Porta, MD, Internal Medicine Division, San Jacopo Hospital; W.A. Schmidt, MD, Professor of Charité University Medicine, Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Medical Center for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch; L. Terslev, MD, PhD, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet; V. Vlad, MD, PhD, Sf. Maria Hospital; P. Zufferey, MD, Lausanne University Hospital; A. Iagnocco, MD, Professor of Rheumatology, Università degli Studi di Torino. Address correspondence to Dr. G. Filippou, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Neurosciences, Rheumatology Section, Policlinico le Scotte, Viale Bracci 16, 53100 Siena, Italy. E-mail: gf.filippou@gmail.com. Accepted for publication January 13, 2017.
Marwin Gutierrez
From the University of Siena, Siena; Italian Society for Rheumatology (SIR) Epidemiology Unit, Milan; University of Pisa, Pisa; Università Politecnica delle Marche, Jesi; Internal Medicine Division, San Jacopo Hospital, Pistoia; Università degli Studi di Torino, Turin, Italy; University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia; Department of Rheumatology, MC Groep, Lelystad, the Netherlands; APHP, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, Rheumatology Department, Boulogne-Billancourt; INSERM U1173, Laboratoire d’Excellence INFLAMEX, UFR Simone Veil, Versailles-Saint-Quentin University, Saint-Quentin en Yvelines, France; Division of Musculoskeletal and Rheumatic Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra, Mexico City, Mexico; Rehabilitation Clinical Hospital, Cluj-Napoca; Sf. Maria Hospital, Bucharest, Romania; Instituto Poal, University of Barcelona, Barcelona; Department of Rheumatology, Joint and Bone Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Fundación Jimenez Deaz and Autónoma University, Madrid, Spain; Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Medical Center for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark; Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland. G. Filippou, MD, PhD, University of Siena; C.A. Scirè, MD, Professor of Rheumatology, SIR Epidemiology Unit; N. Damjanov, MD, PhD, Professor of Rheumatology, University of Belgrade; A. Adinolfi, MD, University of Siena; G. Carrara, MSc, SIR Epidemiology Unit; V. Picerno, MD, University of Siena; C. Toscano, MD, University of Siena; G.A. Bruyn, MD, Professor of Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, MC Groep; M.A. D’Agostino, MD, PhD, APHP, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, Rheumatology Department, and INSERM U1173, Laboratoire d’Excellence INFLAMEX, UFR Simone Veil, Versailles-Saint-Quentin University; A. Delle Sedie, MD, University of Pisa; E. Filippucci, MD, PhD, Senior Lecturer in Rheumatology, Università Politecnica delle Marche; M. Gutierrez, MD, Division of Musculoskeletal and Rheumatic Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra; M. Micu, MD, Rehabilitation Clinical Hospital; I. Möller, MD, PhD, Instituto Poal, University of Barcelona; E. Naredo, MD, Department of Rheumatology, Joint and Bone Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Fundación Jimenez Deaz and Autónoma University; C. Pineda, MD, PhD, Division of Musculoskeletal and Rheumatic Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra; F. Porta, MD, Internal Medicine Division, San Jacopo Hospital; W.A. Schmidt, MD, Professor of Charité University Medicine, Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Medical Center for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch; L. Terslev, MD, PhD, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet; V. Vlad, MD, PhD, Sf. Maria Hospital; P. Zufferey, MD, Lausanne University Hospital; A. Iagnocco, MD, Professor of Rheumatology, Università degli Studi di Torino. Address correspondence to Dr. G. Filippou, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Neurosciences, Rheumatology Section, Policlinico le Scotte, Viale Bracci 16, 53100 Siena, Italy. E-mail: gf.filippou@gmail.com. Accepted for publication January 13, 2017.
Mihaela Micu
From the University of Siena, Siena; Italian Society for Rheumatology (SIR) Epidemiology Unit, Milan; University of Pisa, Pisa; Università Politecnica delle Marche, Jesi; Internal Medicine Division, San Jacopo Hospital, Pistoia; Università degli Studi di Torino, Turin, Italy; University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia; Department of Rheumatology, MC Groep, Lelystad, the Netherlands; APHP, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, Rheumatology Department, Boulogne-Billancourt; INSERM U1173, Laboratoire d’Excellence INFLAMEX, UFR Simone Veil, Versailles-Saint-Quentin University, Saint-Quentin en Yvelines, France; Division of Musculoskeletal and Rheumatic Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra, Mexico City, Mexico; Rehabilitation Clinical Hospital, Cluj-Napoca; Sf. Maria Hospital, Bucharest, Romania; Instituto Poal, University of Barcelona, Barcelona; Department of Rheumatology, Joint and Bone Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Fundación Jimenez Deaz and Autónoma University, Madrid, Spain; Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Medical Center for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark; Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland. G. Filippou, MD, PhD, University of Siena; C.A. Scirè, MD, Professor of Rheumatology, SIR Epidemiology Unit; N. Damjanov, MD, PhD, Professor of Rheumatology, University of Belgrade; A. Adinolfi, MD, University of Siena; G. Carrara, MSc, SIR Epidemiology Unit; V. Picerno, MD, University of Siena; C. Toscano, MD, University of Siena; G.A. Bruyn, MD, Professor of Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, MC Groep; M.A. D’Agostino, MD, PhD, APHP, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, Rheumatology Department, and INSERM U1173, Laboratoire d’Excellence INFLAMEX, UFR Simone Veil, Versailles-Saint-Quentin University; A. Delle Sedie, MD, University of Pisa; E. Filippucci, MD, PhD, Senior Lecturer in Rheumatology, Università Politecnica delle Marche; M. Gutierrez, MD, Division of Musculoskeletal and Rheumatic Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra; M. Micu, MD, Rehabilitation Clinical Hospital; I. Möller, MD, PhD, Instituto Poal, University of Barcelona; E. Naredo, MD, Department of Rheumatology, Joint and Bone Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Fundación Jimenez Deaz and Autónoma University; C. Pineda, MD, PhD, Division of Musculoskeletal and Rheumatic Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra; F. Porta, MD, Internal Medicine Division, San Jacopo Hospital; W.A. Schmidt, MD, Professor of Charité University Medicine, Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Medical Center for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch; L. Terslev, MD, PhD, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet; V. Vlad, MD, PhD, Sf. Maria Hospital; P. Zufferey, MD, Lausanne University Hospital; A. Iagnocco, MD, Professor of Rheumatology, Università degli Studi di Torino. Address correspondence to Dr. G. Filippou, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Neurosciences, Rheumatology Section, Policlinico le Scotte, Viale Bracci 16, 53100 Siena, Italy. E-mail: gf.filippou@gmail.com. Accepted for publication January 13, 2017.
Ingrid Möller
From the University of Siena, Siena; Italian Society for Rheumatology (SIR) Epidemiology Unit, Milan; University of Pisa, Pisa; Università Politecnica delle Marche, Jesi; Internal Medicine Division, San Jacopo Hospital, Pistoia; Università degli Studi di Torino, Turin, Italy; University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia; Department of Rheumatology, MC Groep, Lelystad, the Netherlands; APHP, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, Rheumatology Department, Boulogne-Billancourt; INSERM U1173, Laboratoire d’Excellence INFLAMEX, UFR Simone Veil, Versailles-Saint-Quentin University, Saint-Quentin en Yvelines, France; Division of Musculoskeletal and Rheumatic Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra, Mexico City, Mexico; Rehabilitation Clinical Hospital, Cluj-Napoca; Sf. Maria Hospital, Bucharest, Romania; Instituto Poal, University of Barcelona, Barcelona; Department of Rheumatology, Joint and Bone Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Fundación Jimenez Deaz and Autónoma University, Madrid, Spain; Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Medical Center for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark; Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland. G. Filippou, MD, PhD, University of Siena; C.A. Scirè, MD, Professor of Rheumatology, SIR Epidemiology Unit; N. Damjanov, MD, PhD, Professor of Rheumatology, University of Belgrade; A. Adinolfi, MD, University of Siena; G. Carrara, MSc, SIR Epidemiology Unit; V. Picerno, MD, University of Siena; C. Toscano, MD, University of Siena; G.A. Bruyn, MD, Professor of Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, MC Groep; M.A. D’Agostino, MD, PhD, APHP, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, Rheumatology Department, and INSERM U1173, Laboratoire d’Excellence INFLAMEX, UFR Simone Veil, Versailles-Saint-Quentin University; A. Delle Sedie, MD, University of Pisa; E. Filippucci, MD, PhD, Senior Lecturer in Rheumatology, Università Politecnica delle Marche; M. Gutierrez, MD, Division of Musculoskeletal and Rheumatic Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra; M. Micu, MD, Rehabilitation Clinical Hospital; I. Möller, MD, PhD, Instituto Poal, University of Barcelona; E. Naredo, MD, Department of Rheumatology, Joint and Bone Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Fundación Jimenez Deaz and Autónoma University; C. Pineda, MD, PhD, Division of Musculoskeletal and Rheumatic Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra; F. Porta, MD, Internal Medicine Division, San Jacopo Hospital; W.A. Schmidt, MD, Professor of Charité University Medicine, Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Medical Center for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch; L. Terslev, MD, PhD, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet; V. Vlad, MD, PhD, Sf. Maria Hospital; P. Zufferey, MD, Lausanne University Hospital; A. Iagnocco, MD, Professor of Rheumatology, Università degli Studi di Torino. Address correspondence to Dr. G. Filippou, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Neurosciences, Rheumatology Section, Policlinico le Scotte, Viale Bracci 16, 53100 Siena, Italy. E-mail: gf.filippou@gmail.com. Accepted for publication January 13, 2017.
Esperanza Naredo
From the University of Siena, Siena; Italian Society for Rheumatology (SIR) Epidemiology Unit, Milan; University of Pisa, Pisa; Università Politecnica delle Marche, Jesi; Internal Medicine Division, San Jacopo Hospital, Pistoia; Università degli Studi di Torino, Turin, Italy; University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia; Department of Rheumatology, MC Groep, Lelystad, the Netherlands; APHP, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, Rheumatology Department, Boulogne-Billancourt; INSERM U1173, Laboratoire d’Excellence INFLAMEX, UFR Simone Veil, Versailles-Saint-Quentin University, Saint-Quentin en Yvelines, France; Division of Musculoskeletal and Rheumatic Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra, Mexico City, Mexico; Rehabilitation Clinical Hospital, Cluj-Napoca; Sf. Maria Hospital, Bucharest, Romania; Instituto Poal, University of Barcelona, Barcelona; Department of Rheumatology, Joint and Bone Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Fundación Jimenez Deaz and Autónoma University, Madrid, Spain; Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Medical Center for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark; Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland. G. Filippou, MD, PhD, University of Siena; C.A. Scirè, MD, Professor of Rheumatology, SIR Epidemiology Unit; N. Damjanov, MD, PhD, Professor of Rheumatology, University of Belgrade; A. Adinolfi, MD, University of Siena; G. Carrara, MSc, SIR Epidemiology Unit; V. Picerno, MD, University of Siena; C. Toscano, MD, University of Siena; G.A. Bruyn, MD, Professor of Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, MC Groep; M.A. D’Agostino, MD, PhD, APHP, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, Rheumatology Department, and INSERM U1173, Laboratoire d’Excellence INFLAMEX, UFR Simone Veil, Versailles-Saint-Quentin University; A. Delle Sedie, MD, University of Pisa; E. Filippucci, MD, PhD, Senior Lecturer in Rheumatology, Università Politecnica delle Marche; M. Gutierrez, MD, Division of Musculoskeletal and Rheumatic Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra; M. Micu, MD, Rehabilitation Clinical Hospital; I. Möller, MD, PhD, Instituto Poal, University of Barcelona; E. Naredo, MD, Department of Rheumatology, Joint and Bone Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Fundación Jimenez Deaz and Autónoma University; C. Pineda, MD, PhD, Division of Musculoskeletal and Rheumatic Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra; F. Porta, MD, Internal Medicine Division, San Jacopo Hospital; W.A. Schmidt, MD, Professor of Charité University Medicine, Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Medical Center for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch; L. Terslev, MD, PhD, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet; V. Vlad, MD, PhD, Sf. Maria Hospital; P. Zufferey, MD, Lausanne University Hospital; A. Iagnocco, MD, Professor of Rheumatology, Università degli Studi di Torino. Address correspondence to Dr. G. Filippou, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Neurosciences, Rheumatology Section, Policlinico le Scotte, Viale Bracci 16, 53100 Siena, Italy. E-mail: gf.filippou@gmail.com. Accepted for publication January 13, 2017.
Carlos Pineda
From the University of Siena, Siena; Italian Society for Rheumatology (SIR) Epidemiology Unit, Milan; University of Pisa, Pisa; Università Politecnica delle Marche, Jesi; Internal Medicine Division, San Jacopo Hospital, Pistoia; Università degli Studi di Torino, Turin, Italy; University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia; Department of Rheumatology, MC Groep, Lelystad, the Netherlands; APHP, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, Rheumatology Department, Boulogne-Billancourt; INSERM U1173, Laboratoire d’Excellence INFLAMEX, UFR Simone Veil, Versailles-Saint-Quentin University, Saint-Quentin en Yvelines, France; Division of Musculoskeletal and Rheumatic Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra, Mexico City, Mexico; Rehabilitation Clinical Hospital, Cluj-Napoca; Sf. Maria Hospital, Bucharest, Romania; Instituto Poal, University of Barcelona, Barcelona; Department of Rheumatology, Joint and Bone Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Fundación Jimenez Deaz and Autónoma University, Madrid, Spain; Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Medical Center for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark; Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland. G. Filippou, MD, PhD, University of Siena; C.A. Scirè, MD, Professor of Rheumatology, SIR Epidemiology Unit; N. Damjanov, MD, PhD, Professor of Rheumatology, University of Belgrade; A. Adinolfi, MD, University of Siena; G. Carrara, MSc, SIR Epidemiology Unit; V. Picerno, MD, University of Siena; C. Toscano, MD, University of Siena; G.A. Bruyn, MD, Professor of Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, MC Groep; M.A. D’Agostino, MD, PhD, APHP, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, Rheumatology Department, and INSERM U1173, Laboratoire d’Excellence INFLAMEX, UFR Simone Veil, Versailles-Saint-Quentin University; A. Delle Sedie, MD, University of Pisa; E. Filippucci, MD, PhD, Senior Lecturer in Rheumatology, Università Politecnica delle Marche; M. Gutierrez, MD, Division of Musculoskeletal and Rheumatic Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra; M. Micu, MD, Rehabilitation Clinical Hospital; I. Möller, MD, PhD, Instituto Poal, University of Barcelona; E. Naredo, MD, Department of Rheumatology, Joint and Bone Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Fundación Jimenez Deaz and Autónoma University; C. Pineda, MD, PhD, Division of Musculoskeletal and Rheumatic Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra; F. Porta, MD, Internal Medicine Division, San Jacopo Hospital; W.A. Schmidt, MD, Professor of Charité University Medicine, Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Medical Center for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch; L. Terslev, MD, PhD, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet; V. Vlad, MD, PhD, Sf. Maria Hospital; P. Zufferey, MD, Lausanne University Hospital; A. Iagnocco, MD, Professor of Rheumatology, Università degli Studi di Torino. Address correspondence to Dr. G. Filippou, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Neurosciences, Rheumatology Section, Policlinico le Scotte, Viale Bracci 16, 53100 Siena, Italy. E-mail: gf.filippou@gmail.com. Accepted for publication January 13, 2017.
Francesco Porta
From the University of Siena, Siena; Italian Society for Rheumatology (SIR) Epidemiology Unit, Milan; University of Pisa, Pisa; Università Politecnica delle Marche, Jesi; Internal Medicine Division, San Jacopo Hospital, Pistoia; Università degli Studi di Torino, Turin, Italy; University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia; Department of Rheumatology, MC Groep, Lelystad, the Netherlands; APHP, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, Rheumatology Department, Boulogne-Billancourt; INSERM U1173, Laboratoire d’Excellence INFLAMEX, UFR Simone Veil, Versailles-Saint-Quentin University, Saint-Quentin en Yvelines, France; Division of Musculoskeletal and Rheumatic Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra, Mexico City, Mexico; Rehabilitation Clinical Hospital, Cluj-Napoca; Sf. Maria Hospital, Bucharest, Romania; Instituto Poal, University of Barcelona, Barcelona; Department of Rheumatology, Joint and Bone Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Fundación Jimenez Deaz and Autónoma University, Madrid, Spain; Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Medical Center for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark; Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland. G. Filippou, MD, PhD, University of Siena; C.A. Scirè, MD, Professor of Rheumatology, SIR Epidemiology Unit; N. Damjanov, MD, PhD, Professor of Rheumatology, University of Belgrade; A. Adinolfi, MD, University of Siena; G. Carrara, MSc, SIR Epidemiology Unit; V. Picerno, MD, University of Siena; C. Toscano, MD, University of Siena; G.A. Bruyn, MD, Professor of Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, MC Groep; M.A. D’Agostino, MD, PhD, APHP, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, Rheumatology Department, and INSERM U1173, Laboratoire d’Excellence INFLAMEX, UFR Simone Veil, Versailles-Saint-Quentin University; A. Delle Sedie, MD, University of Pisa; E. Filippucci, MD, PhD, Senior Lecturer in Rheumatology, Università Politecnica delle Marche; M. Gutierrez, MD, Division of Musculoskeletal and Rheumatic Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra; M. Micu, MD, Rehabilitation Clinical Hospital; I. Möller, MD, PhD, Instituto Poal, University of Barcelona; E. Naredo, MD, Department of Rheumatology, Joint and Bone Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Fundación Jimenez Deaz and Autónoma University; C. Pineda, MD, PhD, Division of Musculoskeletal and Rheumatic Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra; F. Porta, MD, Internal Medicine Division, San Jacopo Hospital; W.A. Schmidt, MD, Professor of Charité University Medicine, Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Medical Center for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch; L. Terslev, MD, PhD, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet; V. Vlad, MD, PhD, Sf. Maria Hospital; P. Zufferey, MD, Lausanne University Hospital; A. Iagnocco, MD, Professor of Rheumatology, Università degli Studi di Torino. Address correspondence to Dr. G. Filippou, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Neurosciences, Rheumatology Section, Policlinico le Scotte, Viale Bracci 16, 53100 Siena, Italy. E-mail: gf.filippou@gmail.com. Accepted for publication January 13, 2017.
Wolfgang A. Schmidt
From the University of Siena, Siena; Italian Society for Rheumatology (SIR) Epidemiology Unit, Milan; University of Pisa, Pisa; Università Politecnica delle Marche, Jesi; Internal Medicine Division, San Jacopo Hospital, Pistoia; Università degli Studi di Torino, Turin, Italy; University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia; Department of Rheumatology, MC Groep, Lelystad, the Netherlands; APHP, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, Rheumatology Department, Boulogne-Billancourt; INSERM U1173, Laboratoire d’Excellence INFLAMEX, UFR Simone Veil, Versailles-Saint-Quentin University, Saint-Quentin en Yvelines, France; Division of Musculoskeletal and Rheumatic Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra, Mexico City, Mexico; Rehabilitation Clinical Hospital, Cluj-Napoca; Sf. Maria Hospital, Bucharest, Romania; Instituto Poal, University of Barcelona, Barcelona; Department of Rheumatology, Joint and Bone Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Fundación Jimenez Deaz and Autónoma University, Madrid, Spain; Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Medical Center for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark; Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland. G. Filippou, MD, PhD, University of Siena; C.A. Scirè, MD, Professor of Rheumatology, SIR Epidemiology Unit; N. Damjanov, MD, PhD, Professor of Rheumatology, University of Belgrade; A. Adinolfi, MD, University of Siena; G. Carrara, MSc, SIR Epidemiology Unit; V. Picerno, MD, University of Siena; C. Toscano, MD, University of Siena; G.A. Bruyn, MD, Professor of Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, MC Groep; M.A. D’Agostino, MD, PhD, APHP, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, Rheumatology Department, and INSERM U1173, Laboratoire d’Excellence INFLAMEX, UFR Simone Veil, Versailles-Saint-Quentin University; A. Delle Sedie, MD, University of Pisa; E. Filippucci, MD, PhD, Senior Lecturer in Rheumatology, Università Politecnica delle Marche; M. Gutierrez, MD, Division of Musculoskeletal and Rheumatic Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra; M. Micu, MD, Rehabilitation Clinical Hospital; I. Möller, MD, PhD, Instituto Poal, University of Barcelona; E. Naredo, MD, Department of Rheumatology, Joint and Bone Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Fundación Jimenez Deaz and Autónoma University; C. Pineda, MD, PhD, Division of Musculoskeletal and Rheumatic Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra; F. Porta, MD, Internal Medicine Division, San Jacopo Hospital; W.A. Schmidt, MD, Professor of Charité University Medicine, Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Medical Center for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch; L. Terslev, MD, PhD, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet; V. Vlad, MD, PhD, Sf. Maria Hospital; P. Zufferey, MD, Lausanne University Hospital; A. Iagnocco, MD, Professor of Rheumatology, Università degli Studi di Torino. Address correspondence to Dr. G. Filippou, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Neurosciences, Rheumatology Section, Policlinico le Scotte, Viale Bracci 16, 53100 Siena, Italy. E-mail: gf.filippou@gmail.com. Accepted for publication January 13, 2017.
Lene Terslev
From the University of Siena, Siena; Italian Society for Rheumatology (SIR) Epidemiology Unit, Milan; University of Pisa, Pisa; Università Politecnica delle Marche, Jesi; Internal Medicine Division, San Jacopo Hospital, Pistoia; Università degli Studi di Torino, Turin, Italy; University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia; Department of Rheumatology, MC Groep, Lelystad, the Netherlands; APHP, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, Rheumatology Department, Boulogne-Billancourt; INSERM U1173, Laboratoire d’Excellence INFLAMEX, UFR Simone Veil, Versailles-Saint-Quentin University, Saint-Quentin en Yvelines, France; Division of Musculoskeletal and Rheumatic Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra, Mexico City, Mexico; Rehabilitation Clinical Hospital, Cluj-Napoca; Sf. Maria Hospital, Bucharest, Romania; Instituto Poal, University of Barcelona, Barcelona; Department of Rheumatology, Joint and Bone Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Fundación Jimenez Deaz and Autónoma University, Madrid, Spain; Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Medical Center for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark; Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland. G. Filippou, MD, PhD, University of Siena; C.A. Scirè, MD, Professor of Rheumatology, SIR Epidemiology Unit; N. Damjanov, MD, PhD, Professor of Rheumatology, University of Belgrade; A. Adinolfi, MD, University of Siena; G. Carrara, MSc, SIR Epidemiology Unit; V. Picerno, MD, University of Siena; C. Toscano, MD, University of Siena; G.A. Bruyn, MD, Professor of Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, MC Groep; M.A. D’Agostino, MD, PhD, APHP, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, Rheumatology Department, and INSERM U1173, Laboratoire d’Excellence INFLAMEX, UFR Simone Veil, Versailles-Saint-Quentin University; A. Delle Sedie, MD, University of Pisa; E. Filippucci, MD, PhD, Senior Lecturer in Rheumatology, Università Politecnica delle Marche; M. Gutierrez, MD, Division of Musculoskeletal and Rheumatic Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra; M. Micu, MD, Rehabilitation Clinical Hospital; I. Möller, MD, PhD, Instituto Poal, University of Barcelona; E. Naredo, MD, Department of Rheumatology, Joint and Bone Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Fundación Jimenez Deaz and Autónoma University; C. Pineda, MD, PhD, Division of Musculoskeletal and Rheumatic Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra; F. Porta, MD, Internal Medicine Division, San Jacopo Hospital; W.A. Schmidt, MD, Professor of Charité University Medicine, Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Medical Center for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch; L. Terslev, MD, PhD, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet; V. Vlad, MD, PhD, Sf. Maria Hospital; P. Zufferey, MD, Lausanne University Hospital; A. Iagnocco, MD, Professor of Rheumatology, Università degli Studi di Torino. Address correspondence to Dr. G. Filippou, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Neurosciences, Rheumatology Section, Policlinico le Scotte, Viale Bracci 16, 53100 Siena, Italy. E-mail: gf.filippou@gmail.com. Accepted for publication January 13, 2017.
Violeta Vlad
From the University of Siena, Siena; Italian Society for Rheumatology (SIR) Epidemiology Unit, Milan; University of Pisa, Pisa; Università Politecnica delle Marche, Jesi; Internal Medicine Division, San Jacopo Hospital, Pistoia; Università degli Studi di Torino, Turin, Italy; University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia; Department of Rheumatology, MC Groep, Lelystad, the Netherlands; APHP, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, Rheumatology Department, Boulogne-Billancourt; INSERM U1173, Laboratoire d’Excellence INFLAMEX, UFR Simone Veil, Versailles-Saint-Quentin University, Saint-Quentin en Yvelines, France; Division of Musculoskeletal and Rheumatic Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra, Mexico City, Mexico; Rehabilitation Clinical Hospital, Cluj-Napoca; Sf. Maria Hospital, Bucharest, Romania; Instituto Poal, University of Barcelona, Barcelona; Department of Rheumatology, Joint and Bone Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Fundación Jimenez Deaz and Autónoma University, Madrid, Spain; Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Medical Center for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark; Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland. G. Filippou, MD, PhD, University of Siena; C.A. Scirè, MD, Professor of Rheumatology, SIR Epidemiology Unit; N. Damjanov, MD, PhD, Professor of Rheumatology, University of Belgrade; A. Adinolfi, MD, University of Siena; G. Carrara, MSc, SIR Epidemiology Unit; V. Picerno, MD, University of Siena; C. Toscano, MD, University of Siena; G.A. Bruyn, MD, Professor of Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, MC Groep; M.A. D’Agostino, MD, PhD, APHP, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, Rheumatology Department, and INSERM U1173, Laboratoire d’Excellence INFLAMEX, UFR Simone Veil, Versailles-Saint-Quentin University; A. Delle Sedie, MD, University of Pisa; E. Filippucci, MD, PhD, Senior Lecturer in Rheumatology, Università Politecnica delle Marche; M. Gutierrez, MD, Division of Musculoskeletal and Rheumatic Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra; M. Micu, MD, Rehabilitation Clinical Hospital; I. Möller, MD, PhD, Instituto Poal, University of Barcelona; E. Naredo, MD, Department of Rheumatology, Joint and Bone Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Fundación Jimenez Deaz and Autónoma University; C. Pineda, MD, PhD, Division of Musculoskeletal and Rheumatic Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra; F. Porta, MD, Internal Medicine Division, San Jacopo Hospital; W.A. Schmidt, MD, Professor of Charité University Medicine, Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Medical Center for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch; L. Terslev, MD, PhD, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet; V. Vlad, MD, PhD, Sf. Maria Hospital; P. Zufferey, MD, Lausanne University Hospital; A. Iagnocco, MD, Professor of Rheumatology, Università degli Studi di Torino. Address correspondence to Dr. G. Filippou, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Neurosciences, Rheumatology Section, Policlinico le Scotte, Viale Bracci 16, 53100 Siena, Italy. E-mail: gf.filippou@gmail.com. Accepted for publication January 13, 2017.
Pascal Zufferey
From the University of Siena, Siena; Italian Society for Rheumatology (SIR) Epidemiology Unit, Milan; University of Pisa, Pisa; Università Politecnica delle Marche, Jesi; Internal Medicine Division, San Jacopo Hospital, Pistoia; Università degli Studi di Torino, Turin, Italy; University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia; Department of Rheumatology, MC Groep, Lelystad, the Netherlands; APHP, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, Rheumatology Department, Boulogne-Billancourt; INSERM U1173, Laboratoire d’Excellence INFLAMEX, UFR Simone Veil, Versailles-Saint-Quentin University, Saint-Quentin en Yvelines, France; Division of Musculoskeletal and Rheumatic Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra, Mexico City, Mexico; Rehabilitation Clinical Hospital, Cluj-Napoca; Sf. Maria Hospital, Bucharest, Romania; Instituto Poal, University of Barcelona, Barcelona; Department of Rheumatology, Joint and Bone Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Fundación Jimenez Deaz and Autónoma University, Madrid, Spain; Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Medical Center for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark; Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland. G. Filippou, MD, PhD, University of Siena; C.A. Scirè, MD, Professor of Rheumatology, SIR Epidemiology Unit; N. Damjanov, MD, PhD, Professor of Rheumatology, University of Belgrade; A. Adinolfi, MD, University of Siena; G. Carrara, MSc, SIR Epidemiology Unit; V. Picerno, MD, University of Siena; C. Toscano, MD, University of Siena; G.A. Bruyn, MD, Professor of Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, MC Groep; M.A. D’Agostino, MD, PhD, APHP, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, Rheumatology Department, and INSERM U1173, Laboratoire d’Excellence INFLAMEX, UFR Simone Veil, Versailles-Saint-Quentin University; A. Delle Sedie, MD, University of Pisa; E. Filippucci, MD, PhD, Senior Lecturer in Rheumatology, Università Politecnica delle Marche; M. Gutierrez, MD, Division of Musculoskeletal and Rheumatic Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra; M. Micu, MD, Rehabilitation Clinical Hospital; I. Möller, MD, PhD, Instituto Poal, University of Barcelona; E. Naredo, MD, Department of Rheumatology, Joint and Bone Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Fundación Jimenez Deaz and Autónoma University; C. Pineda, MD, PhD, Division of Musculoskeletal and Rheumatic Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra; F. Porta, MD, Internal Medicine Division, San Jacopo Hospital; W.A. Schmidt, MD, Professor of Charité University Medicine, Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Medical Center for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch; L. Terslev, MD, PhD, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet; V. Vlad, MD, PhD, Sf. Maria Hospital; P. Zufferey, MD, Lausanne University Hospital; A. Iagnocco, MD, Professor of Rheumatology, Università degli Studi di Torino. Address correspondence to Dr. G. Filippou, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Neurosciences, Rheumatology Section, Policlinico le Scotte, Viale Bracci 16, 53100 Siena, Italy. E-mail: gf.filippou@gmail.com. Accepted for publication January 13, 2017.
Annamaria Iagnocco
From the University of Siena, Siena; Italian Society for Rheumatology (SIR) Epidemiology Unit, Milan; University of Pisa, Pisa; Università Politecnica delle Marche, Jesi; Internal Medicine Division, San Jacopo Hospital, Pistoia; Università degli Studi di Torino, Turin, Italy; University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia; Department of Rheumatology, MC Groep, Lelystad, the Netherlands; APHP, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, Rheumatology Department, Boulogne-Billancourt; INSERM U1173, Laboratoire d’Excellence INFLAMEX, UFR Simone Veil, Versailles-Saint-Quentin University, Saint-Quentin en Yvelines, France; Division of Musculoskeletal and Rheumatic Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra, Mexico City, Mexico; Rehabilitation Clinical Hospital, Cluj-Napoca; Sf. Maria Hospital, Bucharest, Romania; Instituto Poal, University of Barcelona, Barcelona; Department of Rheumatology, Joint and Bone Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Fundación Jimenez Deaz and Autónoma University, Madrid, Spain; Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Medical Center for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark; Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland. G. Filippou, MD, PhD, University of Siena; C.A. Scirè, MD, Professor of Rheumatology, SIR Epidemiology Unit; N. Damjanov, MD, PhD, Professor of Rheumatology, University of Belgrade; A. Adinolfi, MD, University of Siena; G. Carrara, MSc, SIR Epidemiology Unit; V. Picerno, MD, University of Siena; C. Toscano, MD, University of Siena; G.A. Bruyn, MD, Professor of Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, MC Groep; M.A. D’Agostino, MD, PhD, APHP, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, Rheumatology Department, and INSERM U1173, Laboratoire d’Excellence INFLAMEX, UFR Simone Veil, Versailles-Saint-Quentin University; A. Delle Sedie, MD, University of Pisa; E. Filippucci, MD, PhD, Senior Lecturer in Rheumatology, Università Politecnica delle Marche; M. Gutierrez, MD, Division of Musculoskeletal and Rheumatic Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra; M. Micu, MD, Rehabilitation Clinical Hospital; I. Möller, MD, PhD, Instituto Poal, University of Barcelona; E. Naredo, MD, Department of Rheumatology, Joint and Bone Research Unit, Hospital Universitario Fundación Jimenez Deaz and Autónoma University; C. Pineda, MD, PhD, Division of Musculoskeletal and Rheumatic Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra; F. Porta, MD, Internal Medicine Division, San Jacopo Hospital; W.A. Schmidt, MD, Professor of Charité University Medicine, Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin, Medical Center for Rheumatology Berlin-Buch; L. Terslev, MD, PhD, Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet; V. Vlad, MD, PhD, Sf. Maria Hospital; P. Zufferey, MD, Lausanne University Hospital; A. Iagnocco, MD, Professor of Rheumatology, Università degli Studi di Torino. Address correspondence to Dr. G. Filippou, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Neurosciences, Rheumatology Section, Policlinico le Scotte, Viale Bracci 16, 53100 Siena, Italy. E-mail: gf.filippou@gmail.com. Accepted for publication January 13, 2017.
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