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Research ArticleArticle

CanVasc Recommendations for the Management of Antineutrophil Cytoplasm Antibody-associated Vasculitides

Lucy McGeoch, Marinka Twilt, Leilani Famorca, Volodko Bakowsky, Lillian Barra, Susan M. Benseler, David A. Cabral, Simon Carette, Gerald P. Cox, Navjot Dhindsa, Christine S. Dipchand, Aurore Fifi-Mah, Michelle Goulet, Nader Khalidi, Majed M. Khraishi, Patrick Liang, Nataliya Milman, Christian A. Pineau, Heather N. Reich, Nooshin Samadi, Kam Shojania, Regina Taylor-Gjevre, Tanveer E. Towheed, Judith Trudeau, Michael Walsh, Elaine Yacyshyn and Christian Pagnoux
The Journal of Rheumatology November 2015, jrheum.150376; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.150376
Lucy McGeoch
From the Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto; Division of Nephrology, University Health Network, Toronto; Division of Rheumatology, Division of Respirology, and Department of Medicine and Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, St. Joseph’s Healthcare, Hamilton; Division of Rheumatology, St. Joseph’s Health Care, London; Langs Community Centre, Cambridge; Division of Rheumatology, the Ottawa Hospital/ University of Ottawa, Ottawa; Division of Rheumatology and the Arthritis Program Research Group in Newmarket, Newmarket; Department of Medicine, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario; Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Alberta Children’s Hospital, and Division of Rheumatology, University of Calgary, Calgary; Division of Rheumatology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta; Division of Rheumatology, QEII Health Sciences Centre and Dalhousie University; Division of Nephrology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia; Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, BC Children’s Hospital and University of British Columbia; Division of Rheumatology, Arthritis Research Canada, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia; Section of Rheumatology, University of Manitoba, Arthritis Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba; Division of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Du Sacré-Coeur; Division of Rheumatology, Lupus and Vasculitis clinic, McGill University, Montréal; Division of Rheumatology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke; Division of Rheumatology, CHAU Hôtel-Dieu de Lévis, Université Laval, Quebec City, Québec; Division of Rheumatology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Nexus Clinical Research, St. John’s, Newfoundland; Division of Rheumatology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. L. McGeoch, MD, Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, currently: Centre for Rheumatic Diseases, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, UK; M. Twilt, MD, PhD, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Alberta Children’s Hospital, University of Calgary; L. Famorca, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatology, McMaster University, and Langs Community Centre; V. Bakowsky, MD, FRCPC, Associate Professor, Division of Rheumatology, QEII Health Sciences Centre and Dalhousie University; L. Barra, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatology, St. Joseph’s Health Care; S.M. Benseler, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Alberta Children’s Hospital, University of Calgary; D.A. Cabral, MD, Clinical Professor, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, BC Children’s Hospital and University of British Columbia; S. Carette, MD, MPhil, FRCP, Professor, Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto; G.P. Cox, MD, FRCP(C), Division of Respirology, McMaster University, St. Joseph’s Healthcare; N. Dhindsa, MBBS, DipPH, MD, FRCPC, Section of Rheumatology, University of Manitoba, Arthritis Centre; C.S. Dipchand, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Professor of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Division of Nephrology; A. Fifi-Mah, MD, Division of Rheumatology, University of Calgary; M. Goulet, MD, Division of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Du Sacré-Coeur; N. Khalidi, MD, FRCP, Associate Professor, Division of Rheumatology, McMaster University; M.M. Khraishi, MB, BCh, FRCPC, Professor, Division of Rheumatology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Nexus Clinical Research; P. Liang, MD, Division of Rheumatology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke; N. Milman, MD, MSc, FRCP, Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatology, the Ottawa Hospital/University of Ottawa; C.A. Pineau, MD, FRCPC, Division of Rheumatology, Lupus and Vasculitis clinic, McGill University; H.N. Reich, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Gabor Zellerman Chair in Nephrology Research of Toronto, Division of Nephrology, University Health Network; N. Samadi, MD, Division of Rheumatology and the Arthritis Program Research Group in Newmarket; K. Shojania, MD, FRCPC, Division of Rheumatology, Arthritis Research Canada, University of British Columbia; R. Taylor-Gjevre, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Professor, Division of Rheumatology, University of Saskatchewan; T.E. Towheed, MD, MS, FRCPC, FACP, Professor of Medicine (Rheumatology) and of Public Health Sciences, Department of Medicine, Queen’s University; J. Trudeau, MD, Clinical Faculty Lecturer, Division of Rheumatology, CHAU Hôtel-Dieu de Lévis, Université Laval; M. Walsh, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine and Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University; E. Yacyshyn, MD, FRCPC, Associate Professor, Division of Rheumatology, University of Alberta; C. Pagnoux, MD, MPH, MSc, Associate Professor, Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto. Address correspondence to Dr. C. Pagnoux, Division of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, 60 Murray St., Suite 2-220, Toronto, Ontario M5T 3L9, Canada. E-mail: cpagnoux@mtsinai.on.ca. Accepted for publication July 28, 2015.
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Marinka Twilt
From the Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto; Division of Nephrology, University Health Network, Toronto; Division of Rheumatology, Division of Respirology, and Department of Medicine and Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, St. Joseph’s Healthcare, Hamilton; Division of Rheumatology, St. Joseph’s Health Care, London; Langs Community Centre, Cambridge; Division of Rheumatology, the Ottawa Hospital/ University of Ottawa, Ottawa; Division of Rheumatology and the Arthritis Program Research Group in Newmarket, Newmarket; Department of Medicine, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario; Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Alberta Children’s Hospital, and Division of Rheumatology, University of Calgary, Calgary; Division of Rheumatology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta; Division of Rheumatology, QEII Health Sciences Centre and Dalhousie University; Division of Nephrology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia; Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, BC Children’s Hospital and University of British Columbia; Division of Rheumatology, Arthritis Research Canada, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia; Section of Rheumatology, University of Manitoba, Arthritis Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba; Division of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Du Sacré-Coeur; Division of Rheumatology, Lupus and Vasculitis clinic, McGill University, Montréal; Division of Rheumatology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke; Division of Rheumatology, CHAU Hôtel-Dieu de Lévis, Université Laval, Quebec City, Québec; Division of Rheumatology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Nexus Clinical Research, St. John’s, Newfoundland; Division of Rheumatology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. L. McGeoch, MD, Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, currently: Centre for Rheumatic Diseases, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, UK; M. Twilt, MD, PhD, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Alberta Children’s Hospital, University of Calgary; L. Famorca, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatology, McMaster University, and Langs Community Centre; V. Bakowsky, MD, FRCPC, Associate Professor, Division of Rheumatology, QEII Health Sciences Centre and Dalhousie University; L. Barra, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatology, St. Joseph’s Health Care; S.M. Benseler, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Alberta Children’s Hospital, University of Calgary; D.A. Cabral, MD, Clinical Professor, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, BC Children’s Hospital and University of British Columbia; S. Carette, MD, MPhil, FRCP, Professor, Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto; G.P. Cox, MD, FRCP(C), Division of Respirology, McMaster University, St. Joseph’s Healthcare; N. Dhindsa, MBBS, DipPH, MD, FRCPC, Section of Rheumatology, University of Manitoba, Arthritis Centre; C.S. Dipchand, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Professor of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Division of Nephrology; A. Fifi-Mah, MD, Division of Rheumatology, University of Calgary; M. Goulet, MD, Division of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Du Sacré-Coeur; N. Khalidi, MD, FRCP, Associate Professor, Division of Rheumatology, McMaster University; M.M. Khraishi, MB, BCh, FRCPC, Professor, Division of Rheumatology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Nexus Clinical Research; P. Liang, MD, Division of Rheumatology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke; N. Milman, MD, MSc, FRCP, Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatology, the Ottawa Hospital/University of Ottawa; C.A. Pineau, MD, FRCPC, Division of Rheumatology, Lupus and Vasculitis clinic, McGill University; H.N. Reich, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Gabor Zellerman Chair in Nephrology Research of Toronto, Division of Nephrology, University Health Network; N. Samadi, MD, Division of Rheumatology and the Arthritis Program Research Group in Newmarket; K. Shojania, MD, FRCPC, Division of Rheumatology, Arthritis Research Canada, University of British Columbia; R. Taylor-Gjevre, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Professor, Division of Rheumatology, University of Saskatchewan; T.E. Towheed, MD, MS, FRCPC, FACP, Professor of Medicine (Rheumatology) and of Public Health Sciences, Department of Medicine, Queen’s University; J. Trudeau, MD, Clinical Faculty Lecturer, Division of Rheumatology, CHAU Hôtel-Dieu de Lévis, Université Laval; M. Walsh, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine and Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University; E. Yacyshyn, MD, FRCPC, Associate Professor, Division of Rheumatology, University of Alberta; C. Pagnoux, MD, MPH, MSc, Associate Professor, Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto. Address correspondence to Dr. C. Pagnoux, Division of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, 60 Murray St., Suite 2-220, Toronto, Ontario M5T 3L9, Canada. E-mail: cpagnoux@mtsinai.on.ca. Accepted for publication July 28, 2015.
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Leilani Famorca
From the Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto; Division of Nephrology, University Health Network, Toronto; Division of Rheumatology, Division of Respirology, and Department of Medicine and Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, St. Joseph’s Healthcare, Hamilton; Division of Rheumatology, St. Joseph’s Health Care, London; Langs Community Centre, Cambridge; Division of Rheumatology, the Ottawa Hospital/ University of Ottawa, Ottawa; Division of Rheumatology and the Arthritis Program Research Group in Newmarket, Newmarket; Department of Medicine, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario; Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Alberta Children’s Hospital, and Division of Rheumatology, University of Calgary, Calgary; Division of Rheumatology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta; Division of Rheumatology, QEII Health Sciences Centre and Dalhousie University; Division of Nephrology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia; Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, BC Children’s Hospital and University of British Columbia; Division of Rheumatology, Arthritis Research Canada, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia; Section of Rheumatology, University of Manitoba, Arthritis Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba; Division of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Du Sacré-Coeur; Division of Rheumatology, Lupus and Vasculitis clinic, McGill University, Montréal; Division of Rheumatology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke; Division of Rheumatology, CHAU Hôtel-Dieu de Lévis, Université Laval, Quebec City, Québec; Division of Rheumatology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Nexus Clinical Research, St. John’s, Newfoundland; Division of Rheumatology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. L. McGeoch, MD, Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, currently: Centre for Rheumatic Diseases, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, UK; M. Twilt, MD, PhD, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Alberta Children’s Hospital, University of Calgary; L. Famorca, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatology, McMaster University, and Langs Community Centre; V. Bakowsky, MD, FRCPC, Associate Professor, Division of Rheumatology, QEII Health Sciences Centre and Dalhousie University; L. Barra, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatology, St. Joseph’s Health Care; S.M. Benseler, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Alberta Children’s Hospital, University of Calgary; D.A. Cabral, MD, Clinical Professor, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, BC Children’s Hospital and University of British Columbia; S. Carette, MD, MPhil, FRCP, Professor, Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto; G.P. Cox, MD, FRCP(C), Division of Respirology, McMaster University, St. Joseph’s Healthcare; N. Dhindsa, MBBS, DipPH, MD, FRCPC, Section of Rheumatology, University of Manitoba, Arthritis Centre; C.S. Dipchand, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Professor of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Division of Nephrology; A. Fifi-Mah, MD, Division of Rheumatology, University of Calgary; M. Goulet, MD, Division of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Du Sacré-Coeur; N. Khalidi, MD, FRCP, Associate Professor, Division of Rheumatology, McMaster University; M.M. Khraishi, MB, BCh, FRCPC, Professor, Division of Rheumatology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Nexus Clinical Research; P. Liang, MD, Division of Rheumatology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke; N. Milman, MD, MSc, FRCP, Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatology, the Ottawa Hospital/University of Ottawa; C.A. Pineau, MD, FRCPC, Division of Rheumatology, Lupus and Vasculitis clinic, McGill University; H.N. Reich, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Gabor Zellerman Chair in Nephrology Research of Toronto, Division of Nephrology, University Health Network; N. Samadi, MD, Division of Rheumatology and the Arthritis Program Research Group in Newmarket; K. Shojania, MD, FRCPC, Division of Rheumatology, Arthritis Research Canada, University of British Columbia; R. Taylor-Gjevre, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Professor, Division of Rheumatology, University of Saskatchewan; T.E. Towheed, MD, MS, FRCPC, FACP, Professor of Medicine (Rheumatology) and of Public Health Sciences, Department of Medicine, Queen’s University; J. Trudeau, MD, Clinical Faculty Lecturer, Division of Rheumatology, CHAU Hôtel-Dieu de Lévis, Université Laval; M. Walsh, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine and Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University; E. Yacyshyn, MD, FRCPC, Associate Professor, Division of Rheumatology, University of Alberta; C. Pagnoux, MD, MPH, MSc, Associate Professor, Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto. Address correspondence to Dr. C. Pagnoux, Division of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, 60 Murray St., Suite 2-220, Toronto, Ontario M5T 3L9, Canada. E-mail: cpagnoux@mtsinai.on.ca. Accepted for publication July 28, 2015.
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Volodko Bakowsky
From the Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto; Division of Nephrology, University Health Network, Toronto; Division of Rheumatology, Division of Respirology, and Department of Medicine and Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, St. Joseph’s Healthcare, Hamilton; Division of Rheumatology, St. Joseph’s Health Care, London; Langs Community Centre, Cambridge; Division of Rheumatology, the Ottawa Hospital/ University of Ottawa, Ottawa; Division of Rheumatology and the Arthritis Program Research Group in Newmarket, Newmarket; Department of Medicine, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario; Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Alberta Children’s Hospital, and Division of Rheumatology, University of Calgary, Calgary; Division of Rheumatology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta; Division of Rheumatology, QEII Health Sciences Centre and Dalhousie University; Division of Nephrology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia; Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, BC Children’s Hospital and University of British Columbia; Division of Rheumatology, Arthritis Research Canada, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia; Section of Rheumatology, University of Manitoba, Arthritis Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba; Division of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Du Sacré-Coeur; Division of Rheumatology, Lupus and Vasculitis clinic, McGill University, Montréal; Division of Rheumatology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke; Division of Rheumatology, CHAU Hôtel-Dieu de Lévis, Université Laval, Quebec City, Québec; Division of Rheumatology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Nexus Clinical Research, St. John’s, Newfoundland; Division of Rheumatology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. L. McGeoch, MD, Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, currently: Centre for Rheumatic Diseases, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, UK; M. Twilt, MD, PhD, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Alberta Children’s Hospital, University of Calgary; L. Famorca, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatology, McMaster University, and Langs Community Centre; V. Bakowsky, MD, FRCPC, Associate Professor, Division of Rheumatology, QEII Health Sciences Centre and Dalhousie University; L. Barra, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatology, St. Joseph’s Health Care; S.M. Benseler, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Alberta Children’s Hospital, University of Calgary; D.A. Cabral, MD, Clinical Professor, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, BC Children’s Hospital and University of British Columbia; S. Carette, MD, MPhil, FRCP, Professor, Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto; G.P. Cox, MD, FRCP(C), Division of Respirology, McMaster University, St. Joseph’s Healthcare; N. Dhindsa, MBBS, DipPH, MD, FRCPC, Section of Rheumatology, University of Manitoba, Arthritis Centre; C.S. Dipchand, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Professor of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Division of Nephrology; A. Fifi-Mah, MD, Division of Rheumatology, University of Calgary; M. Goulet, MD, Division of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Du Sacré-Coeur; N. Khalidi, MD, FRCP, Associate Professor, Division of Rheumatology, McMaster University; M.M. Khraishi, MB, BCh, FRCPC, Professor, Division of Rheumatology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Nexus Clinical Research; P. Liang, MD, Division of Rheumatology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke; N. Milman, MD, MSc, FRCP, Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatology, the Ottawa Hospital/University of Ottawa; C.A. Pineau, MD, FRCPC, Division of Rheumatology, Lupus and Vasculitis clinic, McGill University; H.N. Reich, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Gabor Zellerman Chair in Nephrology Research of Toronto, Division of Nephrology, University Health Network; N. Samadi, MD, Division of Rheumatology and the Arthritis Program Research Group in Newmarket; K. Shojania, MD, FRCPC, Division of Rheumatology, Arthritis Research Canada, University of British Columbia; R. Taylor-Gjevre, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Professor, Division of Rheumatology, University of Saskatchewan; T.E. Towheed, MD, MS, FRCPC, FACP, Professor of Medicine (Rheumatology) and of Public Health Sciences, Department of Medicine, Queen’s University; J. Trudeau, MD, Clinical Faculty Lecturer, Division of Rheumatology, CHAU Hôtel-Dieu de Lévis, Université Laval; M. Walsh, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine and Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University; E. Yacyshyn, MD, FRCPC, Associate Professor, Division of Rheumatology, University of Alberta; C. Pagnoux, MD, MPH, MSc, Associate Professor, Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto. Address correspondence to Dr. C. Pagnoux, Division of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, 60 Murray St., Suite 2-220, Toronto, Ontario M5T 3L9, Canada. E-mail: cpagnoux@mtsinai.on.ca. Accepted for publication July 28, 2015.
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Lillian Barra
From the Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto; Division of Nephrology, University Health Network, Toronto; Division of Rheumatology, Division of Respirology, and Department of Medicine and Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, St. Joseph’s Healthcare, Hamilton; Division of Rheumatology, St. Joseph’s Health Care, London; Langs Community Centre, Cambridge; Division of Rheumatology, the Ottawa Hospital/ University of Ottawa, Ottawa; Division of Rheumatology and the Arthritis Program Research Group in Newmarket, Newmarket; Department of Medicine, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario; Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Alberta Children’s Hospital, and Division of Rheumatology, University of Calgary, Calgary; Division of Rheumatology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta; Division of Rheumatology, QEII Health Sciences Centre and Dalhousie University; Division of Nephrology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia; Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, BC Children’s Hospital and University of British Columbia; Division of Rheumatology, Arthritis Research Canada, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia; Section of Rheumatology, University of Manitoba, Arthritis Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba; Division of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Du Sacré-Coeur; Division of Rheumatology, Lupus and Vasculitis clinic, McGill University, Montréal; Division of Rheumatology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke; Division of Rheumatology, CHAU Hôtel-Dieu de Lévis, Université Laval, Quebec City, Québec; Division of Rheumatology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Nexus Clinical Research, St. John’s, Newfoundland; Division of Rheumatology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. L. McGeoch, MD, Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, currently: Centre for Rheumatic Diseases, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, UK; M. Twilt, MD, PhD, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Alberta Children’s Hospital, University of Calgary; L. Famorca, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatology, McMaster University, and Langs Community Centre; V. Bakowsky, MD, FRCPC, Associate Professor, Division of Rheumatology, QEII Health Sciences Centre and Dalhousie University; L. Barra, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatology, St. Joseph’s Health Care; S.M. Benseler, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Alberta Children’s Hospital, University of Calgary; D.A. Cabral, MD, Clinical Professor, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, BC Children’s Hospital and University of British Columbia; S. Carette, MD, MPhil, FRCP, Professor, Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto; G.P. Cox, MD, FRCP(C), Division of Respirology, McMaster University, St. Joseph’s Healthcare; N. Dhindsa, MBBS, DipPH, MD, FRCPC, Section of Rheumatology, University of Manitoba, Arthritis Centre; C.S. Dipchand, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Professor of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Division of Nephrology; A. Fifi-Mah, MD, Division of Rheumatology, University of Calgary; M. Goulet, MD, Division of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Du Sacré-Coeur; N. Khalidi, MD, FRCP, Associate Professor, Division of Rheumatology, McMaster University; M.M. Khraishi, MB, BCh, FRCPC, Professor, Division of Rheumatology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Nexus Clinical Research; P. Liang, MD, Division of Rheumatology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke; N. Milman, MD, MSc, FRCP, Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatology, the Ottawa Hospital/University of Ottawa; C.A. Pineau, MD, FRCPC, Division of Rheumatology, Lupus and Vasculitis clinic, McGill University; H.N. Reich, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Gabor Zellerman Chair in Nephrology Research of Toronto, Division of Nephrology, University Health Network; N. Samadi, MD, Division of Rheumatology and the Arthritis Program Research Group in Newmarket; K. Shojania, MD, FRCPC, Division of Rheumatology, Arthritis Research Canada, University of British Columbia; R. Taylor-Gjevre, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Professor, Division of Rheumatology, University of Saskatchewan; T.E. Towheed, MD, MS, FRCPC, FACP, Professor of Medicine (Rheumatology) and of Public Health Sciences, Department of Medicine, Queen’s University; J. Trudeau, MD, Clinical Faculty Lecturer, Division of Rheumatology, CHAU Hôtel-Dieu de Lévis, Université Laval; M. Walsh, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine and Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University; E. Yacyshyn, MD, FRCPC, Associate Professor, Division of Rheumatology, University of Alberta; C. Pagnoux, MD, MPH, MSc, Associate Professor, Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto. Address correspondence to Dr. C. Pagnoux, Division of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, 60 Murray St., Suite 2-220, Toronto, Ontario M5T 3L9, Canada. E-mail: cpagnoux@mtsinai.on.ca. Accepted for publication July 28, 2015.
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Susan M. Benseler
From the Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto; Division of Nephrology, University Health Network, Toronto; Division of Rheumatology, Division of Respirology, and Department of Medicine and Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, St. Joseph’s Healthcare, Hamilton; Division of Rheumatology, St. Joseph’s Health Care, London; Langs Community Centre, Cambridge; Division of Rheumatology, the Ottawa Hospital/ University of Ottawa, Ottawa; Division of Rheumatology and the Arthritis Program Research Group in Newmarket, Newmarket; Department of Medicine, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario; Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Alberta Children’s Hospital, and Division of Rheumatology, University of Calgary, Calgary; Division of Rheumatology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta; Division of Rheumatology, QEII Health Sciences Centre and Dalhousie University; Division of Nephrology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia; Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, BC Children’s Hospital and University of British Columbia; Division of Rheumatology, Arthritis Research Canada, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia; Section of Rheumatology, University of Manitoba, Arthritis Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba; Division of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Du Sacré-Coeur; Division of Rheumatology, Lupus and Vasculitis clinic, McGill University, Montréal; Division of Rheumatology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke; Division of Rheumatology, CHAU Hôtel-Dieu de Lévis, Université Laval, Quebec City, Québec; Division of Rheumatology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Nexus Clinical Research, St. John’s, Newfoundland; Division of Rheumatology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. L. McGeoch, MD, Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, currently: Centre for Rheumatic Diseases, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, UK; M. Twilt, MD, PhD, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Alberta Children’s Hospital, University of Calgary; L. Famorca, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatology, McMaster University, and Langs Community Centre; V. Bakowsky, MD, FRCPC, Associate Professor, Division of Rheumatology, QEII Health Sciences Centre and Dalhousie University; L. Barra, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatology, St. Joseph’s Health Care; S.M. Benseler, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Alberta Children’s Hospital, University of Calgary; D.A. Cabral, MD, Clinical Professor, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, BC Children’s Hospital and University of British Columbia; S. Carette, MD, MPhil, FRCP, Professor, Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto; G.P. Cox, MD, FRCP(C), Division of Respirology, McMaster University, St. Joseph’s Healthcare; N. Dhindsa, MBBS, DipPH, MD, FRCPC, Section of Rheumatology, University of Manitoba, Arthritis Centre; C.S. Dipchand, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Professor of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Division of Nephrology; A. Fifi-Mah, MD, Division of Rheumatology, University of Calgary; M. Goulet, MD, Division of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Du Sacré-Coeur; N. Khalidi, MD, FRCP, Associate Professor, Division of Rheumatology, McMaster University; M.M. Khraishi, MB, BCh, FRCPC, Professor, Division of Rheumatology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Nexus Clinical Research; P. Liang, MD, Division of Rheumatology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke; N. Milman, MD, MSc, FRCP, Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatology, the Ottawa Hospital/University of Ottawa; C.A. Pineau, MD, FRCPC, Division of Rheumatology, Lupus and Vasculitis clinic, McGill University; H.N. Reich, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Gabor Zellerman Chair in Nephrology Research of Toronto, Division of Nephrology, University Health Network; N. Samadi, MD, Division of Rheumatology and the Arthritis Program Research Group in Newmarket; K. Shojania, MD, FRCPC, Division of Rheumatology, Arthritis Research Canada, University of British Columbia; R. Taylor-Gjevre, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Professor, Division of Rheumatology, University of Saskatchewan; T.E. Towheed, MD, MS, FRCPC, FACP, Professor of Medicine (Rheumatology) and of Public Health Sciences, Department of Medicine, Queen’s University; J. Trudeau, MD, Clinical Faculty Lecturer, Division of Rheumatology, CHAU Hôtel-Dieu de Lévis, Université Laval; M. Walsh, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine and Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University; E. Yacyshyn, MD, FRCPC, Associate Professor, Division of Rheumatology, University of Alberta; C. Pagnoux, MD, MPH, MSc, Associate Professor, Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto. Address correspondence to Dr. C. Pagnoux, Division of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, 60 Murray St., Suite 2-220, Toronto, Ontario M5T 3L9, Canada. E-mail: cpagnoux@mtsinai.on.ca. Accepted for publication July 28, 2015.
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David A. Cabral
From the Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto; Division of Nephrology, University Health Network, Toronto; Division of Rheumatology, Division of Respirology, and Department of Medicine and Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, St. Joseph’s Healthcare, Hamilton; Division of Rheumatology, St. Joseph’s Health Care, London; Langs Community Centre, Cambridge; Division of Rheumatology, the Ottawa Hospital/ University of Ottawa, Ottawa; Division of Rheumatology and the Arthritis Program Research Group in Newmarket, Newmarket; Department of Medicine, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario; Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Alberta Children’s Hospital, and Division of Rheumatology, University of Calgary, Calgary; Division of Rheumatology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta; Division of Rheumatology, QEII Health Sciences Centre and Dalhousie University; Division of Nephrology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia; Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, BC Children’s Hospital and University of British Columbia; Division of Rheumatology, Arthritis Research Canada, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia; Section of Rheumatology, University of Manitoba, Arthritis Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba; Division of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Du Sacré-Coeur; Division of Rheumatology, Lupus and Vasculitis clinic, McGill University, Montréal; Division of Rheumatology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke; Division of Rheumatology, CHAU Hôtel-Dieu de Lévis, Université Laval, Quebec City, Québec; Division of Rheumatology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Nexus Clinical Research, St. John’s, Newfoundland; Division of Rheumatology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. L. McGeoch, MD, Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, currently: Centre for Rheumatic Diseases, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, UK; M. Twilt, MD, PhD, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Alberta Children’s Hospital, University of Calgary; L. Famorca, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatology, McMaster University, and Langs Community Centre; V. Bakowsky, MD, FRCPC, Associate Professor, Division of Rheumatology, QEII Health Sciences Centre and Dalhousie University; L. Barra, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatology, St. Joseph’s Health Care; S.M. Benseler, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Alberta Children’s Hospital, University of Calgary; D.A. Cabral, MD, Clinical Professor, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, BC Children’s Hospital and University of British Columbia; S. Carette, MD, MPhil, FRCP, Professor, Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto; G.P. Cox, MD, FRCP(C), Division of Respirology, McMaster University, St. Joseph’s Healthcare; N. Dhindsa, MBBS, DipPH, MD, FRCPC, Section of Rheumatology, University of Manitoba, Arthritis Centre; C.S. Dipchand, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Professor of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Division of Nephrology; A. Fifi-Mah, MD, Division of Rheumatology, University of Calgary; M. Goulet, MD, Division of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Du Sacré-Coeur; N. Khalidi, MD, FRCP, Associate Professor, Division of Rheumatology, McMaster University; M.M. Khraishi, MB, BCh, FRCPC, Professor, Division of Rheumatology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Nexus Clinical Research; P. Liang, MD, Division of Rheumatology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke; N. Milman, MD, MSc, FRCP, Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatology, the Ottawa Hospital/University of Ottawa; C.A. Pineau, MD, FRCPC, Division of Rheumatology, Lupus and Vasculitis clinic, McGill University; H.N. Reich, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Gabor Zellerman Chair in Nephrology Research of Toronto, Division of Nephrology, University Health Network; N. Samadi, MD, Division of Rheumatology and the Arthritis Program Research Group in Newmarket; K. Shojania, MD, FRCPC, Division of Rheumatology, Arthritis Research Canada, University of British Columbia; R. Taylor-Gjevre, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Professor, Division of Rheumatology, University of Saskatchewan; T.E. Towheed, MD, MS, FRCPC, FACP, Professor of Medicine (Rheumatology) and of Public Health Sciences, Department of Medicine, Queen’s University; J. Trudeau, MD, Clinical Faculty Lecturer, Division of Rheumatology, CHAU Hôtel-Dieu de Lévis, Université Laval; M. Walsh, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine and Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University; E. Yacyshyn, MD, FRCPC, Associate Professor, Division of Rheumatology, University of Alberta; C. Pagnoux, MD, MPH, MSc, Associate Professor, Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto. Address correspondence to Dr. C. Pagnoux, Division of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, 60 Murray St., Suite 2-220, Toronto, Ontario M5T 3L9, Canada. E-mail: cpagnoux@mtsinai.on.ca. Accepted for publication July 28, 2015.
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Simon Carette
From the Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto; Division of Nephrology, University Health Network, Toronto; Division of Rheumatology, Division of Respirology, and Department of Medicine and Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, St. Joseph’s Healthcare, Hamilton; Division of Rheumatology, St. Joseph’s Health Care, London; Langs Community Centre, Cambridge; Division of Rheumatology, the Ottawa Hospital/ University of Ottawa, Ottawa; Division of Rheumatology and the Arthritis Program Research Group in Newmarket, Newmarket; Department of Medicine, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario; Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Alberta Children’s Hospital, and Division of Rheumatology, University of Calgary, Calgary; Division of Rheumatology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta; Division of Rheumatology, QEII Health Sciences Centre and Dalhousie University; Division of Nephrology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia; Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, BC Children’s Hospital and University of British Columbia; Division of Rheumatology, Arthritis Research Canada, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia; Section of Rheumatology, University of Manitoba, Arthritis Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba; Division of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Du Sacré-Coeur; Division of Rheumatology, Lupus and Vasculitis clinic, McGill University, Montréal; Division of Rheumatology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke; Division of Rheumatology, CHAU Hôtel-Dieu de Lévis, Université Laval, Quebec City, Québec; Division of Rheumatology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Nexus Clinical Research, St. John’s, Newfoundland; Division of Rheumatology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. L. McGeoch, MD, Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, currently: Centre for Rheumatic Diseases, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, UK; M. Twilt, MD, PhD, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Alberta Children’s Hospital, University of Calgary; L. Famorca, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatology, McMaster University, and Langs Community Centre; V. Bakowsky, MD, FRCPC, Associate Professor, Division of Rheumatology, QEII Health Sciences Centre and Dalhousie University; L. Barra, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatology, St. Joseph’s Health Care; S.M. Benseler, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Alberta Children’s Hospital, University of Calgary; D.A. Cabral, MD, Clinical Professor, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, BC Children’s Hospital and University of British Columbia; S. Carette, MD, MPhil, FRCP, Professor, Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto; G.P. Cox, MD, FRCP(C), Division of Respirology, McMaster University, St. Joseph’s Healthcare; N. Dhindsa, MBBS, DipPH, MD, FRCPC, Section of Rheumatology, University of Manitoba, Arthritis Centre; C.S. Dipchand, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Professor of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Division of Nephrology; A. Fifi-Mah, MD, Division of Rheumatology, University of Calgary; M. Goulet, MD, Division of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Du Sacré-Coeur; N. Khalidi, MD, FRCP, Associate Professor, Division of Rheumatology, McMaster University; M.M. Khraishi, MB, BCh, FRCPC, Professor, Division of Rheumatology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Nexus Clinical Research; P. Liang, MD, Division of Rheumatology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke; N. Milman, MD, MSc, FRCP, Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatology, the Ottawa Hospital/University of Ottawa; C.A. Pineau, MD, FRCPC, Division of Rheumatology, Lupus and Vasculitis clinic, McGill University; H.N. Reich, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Gabor Zellerman Chair in Nephrology Research of Toronto, Division of Nephrology, University Health Network; N. Samadi, MD, Division of Rheumatology and the Arthritis Program Research Group in Newmarket; K. Shojania, MD, FRCPC, Division of Rheumatology, Arthritis Research Canada, University of British Columbia; R. Taylor-Gjevre, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Professor, Division of Rheumatology, University of Saskatchewan; T.E. Towheed, MD, MS, FRCPC, FACP, Professor of Medicine (Rheumatology) and of Public Health Sciences, Department of Medicine, Queen’s University; J. Trudeau, MD, Clinical Faculty Lecturer, Division of Rheumatology, CHAU Hôtel-Dieu de Lévis, Université Laval; M. Walsh, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine and Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University; E. Yacyshyn, MD, FRCPC, Associate Professor, Division of Rheumatology, University of Alberta; C. Pagnoux, MD, MPH, MSc, Associate Professor, Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto. Address correspondence to Dr. C. Pagnoux, Division of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, 60 Murray St., Suite 2-220, Toronto, Ontario M5T 3L9, Canada. E-mail: cpagnoux@mtsinai.on.ca. Accepted for publication July 28, 2015.
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Gerald P. Cox
From the Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto; Division of Nephrology, University Health Network, Toronto; Division of Rheumatology, Division of Respirology, and Department of Medicine and Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, St. Joseph’s Healthcare, Hamilton; Division of Rheumatology, St. Joseph’s Health Care, London; Langs Community Centre, Cambridge; Division of Rheumatology, the Ottawa Hospital/ University of Ottawa, Ottawa; Division of Rheumatology and the Arthritis Program Research Group in Newmarket, Newmarket; Department of Medicine, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario; Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Alberta Children’s Hospital, and Division of Rheumatology, University of Calgary, Calgary; Division of Rheumatology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta; Division of Rheumatology, QEII Health Sciences Centre and Dalhousie University; Division of Nephrology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia; Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, BC Children’s Hospital and University of British Columbia; Division of Rheumatology, Arthritis Research Canada, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia; Section of Rheumatology, University of Manitoba, Arthritis Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba; Division of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Du Sacré-Coeur; Division of Rheumatology, Lupus and Vasculitis clinic, McGill University, Montréal; Division of Rheumatology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke; Division of Rheumatology, CHAU Hôtel-Dieu de Lévis, Université Laval, Quebec City, Québec; Division of Rheumatology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Nexus Clinical Research, St. John’s, Newfoundland; Division of Rheumatology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. L. McGeoch, MD, Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, currently: Centre for Rheumatic Diseases, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, UK; M. Twilt, MD, PhD, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Alberta Children’s Hospital, University of Calgary; L. Famorca, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatology, McMaster University, and Langs Community Centre; V. Bakowsky, MD, FRCPC, Associate Professor, Division of Rheumatology, QEII Health Sciences Centre and Dalhousie University; L. Barra, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatology, St. Joseph’s Health Care; S.M. Benseler, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Alberta Children’s Hospital, University of Calgary; D.A. Cabral, MD, Clinical Professor, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, BC Children’s Hospital and University of British Columbia; S. Carette, MD, MPhil, FRCP, Professor, Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto; G.P. Cox, MD, FRCP(C), Division of Respirology, McMaster University, St. Joseph’s Healthcare; N. Dhindsa, MBBS, DipPH, MD, FRCPC, Section of Rheumatology, University of Manitoba, Arthritis Centre; C.S. Dipchand, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Professor of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Division of Nephrology; A. Fifi-Mah, MD, Division of Rheumatology, University of Calgary; M. Goulet, MD, Division of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Du Sacré-Coeur; N. Khalidi, MD, FRCP, Associate Professor, Division of Rheumatology, McMaster University; M.M. Khraishi, MB, BCh, FRCPC, Professor, Division of Rheumatology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Nexus Clinical Research; P. Liang, MD, Division of Rheumatology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke; N. Milman, MD, MSc, FRCP, Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatology, the Ottawa Hospital/University of Ottawa; C.A. Pineau, MD, FRCPC, Division of Rheumatology, Lupus and Vasculitis clinic, McGill University; H.N. Reich, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Gabor Zellerman Chair in Nephrology Research of Toronto, Division of Nephrology, University Health Network; N. Samadi, MD, Division of Rheumatology and the Arthritis Program Research Group in Newmarket; K. Shojania, MD, FRCPC, Division of Rheumatology, Arthritis Research Canada, University of British Columbia; R. Taylor-Gjevre, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Professor, Division of Rheumatology, University of Saskatchewan; T.E. Towheed, MD, MS, FRCPC, FACP, Professor of Medicine (Rheumatology) and of Public Health Sciences, Department of Medicine, Queen’s University; J. Trudeau, MD, Clinical Faculty Lecturer, Division of Rheumatology, CHAU Hôtel-Dieu de Lévis, Université Laval; M. Walsh, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine and Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University; E. Yacyshyn, MD, FRCPC, Associate Professor, Division of Rheumatology, University of Alberta; C. Pagnoux, MD, MPH, MSc, Associate Professor, Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto. Address correspondence to Dr. C. Pagnoux, Division of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, 60 Murray St., Suite 2-220, Toronto, Ontario M5T 3L9, Canada. E-mail: cpagnoux@mtsinai.on.ca. Accepted for publication July 28, 2015.
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Navjot Dhindsa
From the Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto; Division of Nephrology, University Health Network, Toronto; Division of Rheumatology, Division of Respirology, and Department of Medicine and Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, St. Joseph’s Healthcare, Hamilton; Division of Rheumatology, St. Joseph’s Health Care, London; Langs Community Centre, Cambridge; Division of Rheumatology, the Ottawa Hospital/ University of Ottawa, Ottawa; Division of Rheumatology and the Arthritis Program Research Group in Newmarket, Newmarket; Department of Medicine, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario; Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Alberta Children’s Hospital, and Division of Rheumatology, University of Calgary, Calgary; Division of Rheumatology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta; Division of Rheumatology, QEII Health Sciences Centre and Dalhousie University; Division of Nephrology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia; Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, BC Children’s Hospital and University of British Columbia; Division of Rheumatology, Arthritis Research Canada, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia; Section of Rheumatology, University of Manitoba, Arthritis Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba; Division of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Du Sacré-Coeur; Division of Rheumatology, Lupus and Vasculitis clinic, McGill University, Montréal; Division of Rheumatology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke; Division of Rheumatology, CHAU Hôtel-Dieu de Lévis, Université Laval, Quebec City, Québec; Division of Rheumatology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Nexus Clinical Research, St. John’s, Newfoundland; Division of Rheumatology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. L. McGeoch, MD, Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, currently: Centre for Rheumatic Diseases, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, UK; M. Twilt, MD, PhD, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Alberta Children’s Hospital, University of Calgary; L. Famorca, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatology, McMaster University, and Langs Community Centre; V. Bakowsky, MD, FRCPC, Associate Professor, Division of Rheumatology, QEII Health Sciences Centre and Dalhousie University; L. Barra, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatology, St. Joseph’s Health Care; S.M. Benseler, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Alberta Children’s Hospital, University of Calgary; D.A. Cabral, MD, Clinical Professor, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, BC Children’s Hospital and University of British Columbia; S. Carette, MD, MPhil, FRCP, Professor, Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto; G.P. Cox, MD, FRCP(C), Division of Respirology, McMaster University, St. Joseph’s Healthcare; N. Dhindsa, MBBS, DipPH, MD, FRCPC, Section of Rheumatology, University of Manitoba, Arthritis Centre; C.S. Dipchand, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Professor of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Division of Nephrology; A. Fifi-Mah, MD, Division of Rheumatology, University of Calgary; M. Goulet, MD, Division of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Du Sacré-Coeur; N. Khalidi, MD, FRCP, Associate Professor, Division of Rheumatology, McMaster University; M.M. Khraishi, MB, BCh, FRCPC, Professor, Division of Rheumatology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Nexus Clinical Research; P. Liang, MD, Division of Rheumatology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke; N. Milman, MD, MSc, FRCP, Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatology, the Ottawa Hospital/University of Ottawa; C.A. Pineau, MD, FRCPC, Division of Rheumatology, Lupus and Vasculitis clinic, McGill University; H.N. Reich, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Gabor Zellerman Chair in Nephrology Research of Toronto, Division of Nephrology, University Health Network; N. Samadi, MD, Division of Rheumatology and the Arthritis Program Research Group in Newmarket; K. Shojania, MD, FRCPC, Division of Rheumatology, Arthritis Research Canada, University of British Columbia; R. Taylor-Gjevre, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Professor, Division of Rheumatology, University of Saskatchewan; T.E. Towheed, MD, MS, FRCPC, FACP, Professor of Medicine (Rheumatology) and of Public Health Sciences, Department of Medicine, Queen’s University; J. Trudeau, MD, Clinical Faculty Lecturer, Division of Rheumatology, CHAU Hôtel-Dieu de Lévis, Université Laval; M. Walsh, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine and Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University; E. Yacyshyn, MD, FRCPC, Associate Professor, Division of Rheumatology, University of Alberta; C. Pagnoux, MD, MPH, MSc, Associate Professor, Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto. Address correspondence to Dr. C. Pagnoux, Division of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, 60 Murray St., Suite 2-220, Toronto, Ontario M5T 3L9, Canada. E-mail: cpagnoux@mtsinai.on.ca. Accepted for publication July 28, 2015.
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Christine S. Dipchand
From the Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto; Division of Nephrology, University Health Network, Toronto; Division of Rheumatology, Division of Respirology, and Department of Medicine and Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, St. Joseph’s Healthcare, Hamilton; Division of Rheumatology, St. Joseph’s Health Care, London; Langs Community Centre, Cambridge; Division of Rheumatology, the Ottawa Hospital/ University of Ottawa, Ottawa; Division of Rheumatology and the Arthritis Program Research Group in Newmarket, Newmarket; Department of Medicine, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario; Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Alberta Children’s Hospital, and Division of Rheumatology, University of Calgary, Calgary; Division of Rheumatology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta; Division of Rheumatology, QEII Health Sciences Centre and Dalhousie University; Division of Nephrology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia; Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, BC Children’s Hospital and University of British Columbia; Division of Rheumatology, Arthritis Research Canada, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia; Section of Rheumatology, University of Manitoba, Arthritis Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba; Division of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Du Sacré-Coeur; Division of Rheumatology, Lupus and Vasculitis clinic, McGill University, Montréal; Division of Rheumatology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke; Division of Rheumatology, CHAU Hôtel-Dieu de Lévis, Université Laval, Quebec City, Québec; Division of Rheumatology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Nexus Clinical Research, St. John’s, Newfoundland; Division of Rheumatology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. L. McGeoch, MD, Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, currently: Centre for Rheumatic Diseases, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, UK; M. Twilt, MD, PhD, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Alberta Children’s Hospital, University of Calgary; L. Famorca, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatology, McMaster University, and Langs Community Centre; V. Bakowsky, MD, FRCPC, Associate Professor, Division of Rheumatology, QEII Health Sciences Centre and Dalhousie University; L. Barra, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatology, St. Joseph’s Health Care; S.M. Benseler, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Alberta Children’s Hospital, University of Calgary; D.A. Cabral, MD, Clinical Professor, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, BC Children’s Hospital and University of British Columbia; S. Carette, MD, MPhil, FRCP, Professor, Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto; G.P. Cox, MD, FRCP(C), Division of Respirology, McMaster University, St. Joseph’s Healthcare; N. Dhindsa, MBBS, DipPH, MD, FRCPC, Section of Rheumatology, University of Manitoba, Arthritis Centre; C.S. Dipchand, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Professor of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Division of Nephrology; A. Fifi-Mah, MD, Division of Rheumatology, University of Calgary; M. Goulet, MD, Division of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Du Sacré-Coeur; N. Khalidi, MD, FRCP, Associate Professor, Division of Rheumatology, McMaster University; M.M. Khraishi, MB, BCh, FRCPC, Professor, Division of Rheumatology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Nexus Clinical Research; P. Liang, MD, Division of Rheumatology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke; N. Milman, MD, MSc, FRCP, Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatology, the Ottawa Hospital/University of Ottawa; C.A. Pineau, MD, FRCPC, Division of Rheumatology, Lupus and Vasculitis clinic, McGill University; H.N. Reich, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Gabor Zellerman Chair in Nephrology Research of Toronto, Division of Nephrology, University Health Network; N. Samadi, MD, Division of Rheumatology and the Arthritis Program Research Group in Newmarket; K. Shojania, MD, FRCPC, Division of Rheumatology, Arthritis Research Canada, University of British Columbia; R. Taylor-Gjevre, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Professor, Division of Rheumatology, University of Saskatchewan; T.E. Towheed, MD, MS, FRCPC, FACP, Professor of Medicine (Rheumatology) and of Public Health Sciences, Department of Medicine, Queen’s University; J. Trudeau, MD, Clinical Faculty Lecturer, Division of Rheumatology, CHAU Hôtel-Dieu de Lévis, Université Laval; M. Walsh, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine and Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University; E. Yacyshyn, MD, FRCPC, Associate Professor, Division of Rheumatology, University of Alberta; C. Pagnoux, MD, MPH, MSc, Associate Professor, Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto. Address correspondence to Dr. C. Pagnoux, Division of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, 60 Murray St., Suite 2-220, Toronto, Ontario M5T 3L9, Canada. E-mail: cpagnoux@mtsinai.on.ca. Accepted for publication July 28, 2015.
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Aurore Fifi-Mah
From the Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto; Division of Nephrology, University Health Network, Toronto; Division of Rheumatology, Division of Respirology, and Department of Medicine and Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, St. Joseph’s Healthcare, Hamilton; Division of Rheumatology, St. Joseph’s Health Care, London; Langs Community Centre, Cambridge; Division of Rheumatology, the Ottawa Hospital/ University of Ottawa, Ottawa; Division of Rheumatology and the Arthritis Program Research Group in Newmarket, Newmarket; Department of Medicine, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario; Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Alberta Children’s Hospital, and Division of Rheumatology, University of Calgary, Calgary; Division of Rheumatology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta; Division of Rheumatology, QEII Health Sciences Centre and Dalhousie University; Division of Nephrology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia; Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, BC Children’s Hospital and University of British Columbia; Division of Rheumatology, Arthritis Research Canada, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia; Section of Rheumatology, University of Manitoba, Arthritis Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba; Division of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Du Sacré-Coeur; Division of Rheumatology, Lupus and Vasculitis clinic, McGill University, Montréal; Division of Rheumatology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke; Division of Rheumatology, CHAU Hôtel-Dieu de Lévis, Université Laval, Quebec City, Québec; Division of Rheumatology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Nexus Clinical Research, St. John’s, Newfoundland; Division of Rheumatology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. L. McGeoch, MD, Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, currently: Centre for Rheumatic Diseases, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, UK; M. Twilt, MD, PhD, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Alberta Children’s Hospital, University of Calgary; L. Famorca, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatology, McMaster University, and Langs Community Centre; V. Bakowsky, MD, FRCPC, Associate Professor, Division of Rheumatology, QEII Health Sciences Centre and Dalhousie University; L. Barra, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatology, St. Joseph’s Health Care; S.M. Benseler, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Alberta Children’s Hospital, University of Calgary; D.A. Cabral, MD, Clinical Professor, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, BC Children’s Hospital and University of British Columbia; S. Carette, MD, MPhil, FRCP, Professor, Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto; G.P. Cox, MD, FRCP(C), Division of Respirology, McMaster University, St. Joseph’s Healthcare; N. Dhindsa, MBBS, DipPH, MD, FRCPC, Section of Rheumatology, University of Manitoba, Arthritis Centre; C.S. Dipchand, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Professor of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Division of Nephrology; A. Fifi-Mah, MD, Division of Rheumatology, University of Calgary; M. Goulet, MD, Division of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Du Sacré-Coeur; N. Khalidi, MD, FRCP, Associate Professor, Division of Rheumatology, McMaster University; M.M. Khraishi, MB, BCh, FRCPC, Professor, Division of Rheumatology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Nexus Clinical Research; P. Liang, MD, Division of Rheumatology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke; N. Milman, MD, MSc, FRCP, Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatology, the Ottawa Hospital/University of Ottawa; C.A. Pineau, MD, FRCPC, Division of Rheumatology, Lupus and Vasculitis clinic, McGill University; H.N. Reich, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Gabor Zellerman Chair in Nephrology Research of Toronto, Division of Nephrology, University Health Network; N. Samadi, MD, Division of Rheumatology and the Arthritis Program Research Group in Newmarket; K. Shojania, MD, FRCPC, Division of Rheumatology, Arthritis Research Canada, University of British Columbia; R. Taylor-Gjevre, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Professor, Division of Rheumatology, University of Saskatchewan; T.E. Towheed, MD, MS, FRCPC, FACP, Professor of Medicine (Rheumatology) and of Public Health Sciences, Department of Medicine, Queen’s University; J. Trudeau, MD, Clinical Faculty Lecturer, Division of Rheumatology, CHAU Hôtel-Dieu de Lévis, Université Laval; M. Walsh, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine and Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University; E. Yacyshyn, MD, FRCPC, Associate Professor, Division of Rheumatology, University of Alberta; C. Pagnoux, MD, MPH, MSc, Associate Professor, Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto. Address correspondence to Dr. C. Pagnoux, Division of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, 60 Murray St., Suite 2-220, Toronto, Ontario M5T 3L9, Canada. E-mail: cpagnoux@mtsinai.on.ca. Accepted for publication July 28, 2015.
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Michelle Goulet
From the Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto; Division of Nephrology, University Health Network, Toronto; Division of Rheumatology, Division of Respirology, and Department of Medicine and Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, St. Joseph’s Healthcare, Hamilton; Division of Rheumatology, St. Joseph’s Health Care, London; Langs Community Centre, Cambridge; Division of Rheumatology, the Ottawa Hospital/ University of Ottawa, Ottawa; Division of Rheumatology and the Arthritis Program Research Group in Newmarket, Newmarket; Department of Medicine, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario; Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Alberta Children’s Hospital, and Division of Rheumatology, University of Calgary, Calgary; Division of Rheumatology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta; Division of Rheumatology, QEII Health Sciences Centre and Dalhousie University; Division of Nephrology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia; Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, BC Children’s Hospital and University of British Columbia; Division of Rheumatology, Arthritis Research Canada, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia; Section of Rheumatology, University of Manitoba, Arthritis Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba; Division of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Du Sacré-Coeur; Division of Rheumatology, Lupus and Vasculitis clinic, McGill University, Montréal; Division of Rheumatology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke; Division of Rheumatology, CHAU Hôtel-Dieu de Lévis, Université Laval, Quebec City, Québec; Division of Rheumatology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Nexus Clinical Research, St. John’s, Newfoundland; Division of Rheumatology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. L. McGeoch, MD, Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, currently: Centre for Rheumatic Diseases, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, UK; M. Twilt, MD, PhD, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Alberta Children’s Hospital, University of Calgary; L. Famorca, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatology, McMaster University, and Langs Community Centre; V. Bakowsky, MD, FRCPC, Associate Professor, Division of Rheumatology, QEII Health Sciences Centre and Dalhousie University; L. Barra, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatology, St. Joseph’s Health Care; S.M. Benseler, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Alberta Children’s Hospital, University of Calgary; D.A. Cabral, MD, Clinical Professor, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, BC Children’s Hospital and University of British Columbia; S. Carette, MD, MPhil, FRCP, Professor, Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto; G.P. Cox, MD, FRCP(C), Division of Respirology, McMaster University, St. Joseph’s Healthcare; N. Dhindsa, MBBS, DipPH, MD, FRCPC, Section of Rheumatology, University of Manitoba, Arthritis Centre; C.S. Dipchand, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Professor of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Division of Nephrology; A. Fifi-Mah, MD, Division of Rheumatology, University of Calgary; M. Goulet, MD, Division of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Du Sacré-Coeur; N. Khalidi, MD, FRCP, Associate Professor, Division of Rheumatology, McMaster University; M.M. Khraishi, MB, BCh, FRCPC, Professor, Division of Rheumatology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Nexus Clinical Research; P. Liang, MD, Division of Rheumatology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke; N. Milman, MD, MSc, FRCP, Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatology, the Ottawa Hospital/University of Ottawa; C.A. Pineau, MD, FRCPC, Division of Rheumatology, Lupus and Vasculitis clinic, McGill University; H.N. Reich, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Gabor Zellerman Chair in Nephrology Research of Toronto, Division of Nephrology, University Health Network; N. Samadi, MD, Division of Rheumatology and the Arthritis Program Research Group in Newmarket; K. Shojania, MD, FRCPC, Division of Rheumatology, Arthritis Research Canada, University of British Columbia; R. Taylor-Gjevre, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Professor, Division of Rheumatology, University of Saskatchewan; T.E. Towheed, MD, MS, FRCPC, FACP, Professor of Medicine (Rheumatology) and of Public Health Sciences, Department of Medicine, Queen’s University; J. Trudeau, MD, Clinical Faculty Lecturer, Division of Rheumatology, CHAU Hôtel-Dieu de Lévis, Université Laval; M. Walsh, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine and Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University; E. Yacyshyn, MD, FRCPC, Associate Professor, Division of Rheumatology, University of Alberta; C. Pagnoux, MD, MPH, MSc, Associate Professor, Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto. Address correspondence to Dr. C. Pagnoux, Division of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, 60 Murray St., Suite 2-220, Toronto, Ontario M5T 3L9, Canada. E-mail: cpagnoux@mtsinai.on.ca. Accepted for publication July 28, 2015.
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Nader Khalidi
From the Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto; Division of Nephrology, University Health Network, Toronto; Division of Rheumatology, Division of Respirology, and Department of Medicine and Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, St. Joseph’s Healthcare, Hamilton; Division of Rheumatology, St. Joseph’s Health Care, London; Langs Community Centre, Cambridge; Division of Rheumatology, the Ottawa Hospital/ University of Ottawa, Ottawa; Division of Rheumatology and the Arthritis Program Research Group in Newmarket, Newmarket; Department of Medicine, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario; Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Alberta Children’s Hospital, and Division of Rheumatology, University of Calgary, Calgary; Division of Rheumatology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta; Division of Rheumatology, QEII Health Sciences Centre and Dalhousie University; Division of Nephrology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia; Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, BC Children’s Hospital and University of British Columbia; Division of Rheumatology, Arthritis Research Canada, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia; Section of Rheumatology, University of Manitoba, Arthritis Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba; Division of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Du Sacré-Coeur; Division of Rheumatology, Lupus and Vasculitis clinic, McGill University, Montréal; Division of Rheumatology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke; Division of Rheumatology, CHAU Hôtel-Dieu de Lévis, Université Laval, Quebec City, Québec; Division of Rheumatology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Nexus Clinical Research, St. John’s, Newfoundland; Division of Rheumatology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. L. McGeoch, MD, Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, currently: Centre for Rheumatic Diseases, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, UK; M. Twilt, MD, PhD, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Alberta Children’s Hospital, University of Calgary; L. Famorca, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatology, McMaster University, and Langs Community Centre; V. Bakowsky, MD, FRCPC, Associate Professor, Division of Rheumatology, QEII Health Sciences Centre and Dalhousie University; L. Barra, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatology, St. Joseph’s Health Care; S.M. Benseler, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Alberta Children’s Hospital, University of Calgary; D.A. Cabral, MD, Clinical Professor, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, BC Children’s Hospital and University of British Columbia; S. Carette, MD, MPhil, FRCP, Professor, Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto; G.P. Cox, MD, FRCP(C), Division of Respirology, McMaster University, St. Joseph’s Healthcare; N. Dhindsa, MBBS, DipPH, MD, FRCPC, Section of Rheumatology, University of Manitoba, Arthritis Centre; C.S. Dipchand, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Professor of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Division of Nephrology; A. Fifi-Mah, MD, Division of Rheumatology, University of Calgary; M. Goulet, MD, Division of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Du Sacré-Coeur; N. Khalidi, MD, FRCP, Associate Professor, Division of Rheumatology, McMaster University; M.M. Khraishi, MB, BCh, FRCPC, Professor, Division of Rheumatology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Nexus Clinical Research; P. Liang, MD, Division of Rheumatology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke; N. Milman, MD, MSc, FRCP, Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatology, the Ottawa Hospital/University of Ottawa; C.A. Pineau, MD, FRCPC, Division of Rheumatology, Lupus and Vasculitis clinic, McGill University; H.N. Reich, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Gabor Zellerman Chair in Nephrology Research of Toronto, Division of Nephrology, University Health Network; N. Samadi, MD, Division of Rheumatology and the Arthritis Program Research Group in Newmarket; K. Shojania, MD, FRCPC, Division of Rheumatology, Arthritis Research Canada, University of British Columbia; R. Taylor-Gjevre, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Professor, Division of Rheumatology, University of Saskatchewan; T.E. Towheed, MD, MS, FRCPC, FACP, Professor of Medicine (Rheumatology) and of Public Health Sciences, Department of Medicine, Queen’s University; J. Trudeau, MD, Clinical Faculty Lecturer, Division of Rheumatology, CHAU Hôtel-Dieu de Lévis, Université Laval; M. Walsh, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine and Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University; E. Yacyshyn, MD, FRCPC, Associate Professor, Division of Rheumatology, University of Alberta; C. Pagnoux, MD, MPH, MSc, Associate Professor, Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto. Address correspondence to Dr. C. Pagnoux, Division of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, 60 Murray St., Suite 2-220, Toronto, Ontario M5T 3L9, Canada. E-mail: cpagnoux@mtsinai.on.ca. Accepted for publication July 28, 2015.
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Majed M. Khraishi
From the Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto; Division of Nephrology, University Health Network, Toronto; Division of Rheumatology, Division of Respirology, and Department of Medicine and Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, St. Joseph’s Healthcare, Hamilton; Division of Rheumatology, St. Joseph’s Health Care, London; Langs Community Centre, Cambridge; Division of Rheumatology, the Ottawa Hospital/ University of Ottawa, Ottawa; Division of Rheumatology and the Arthritis Program Research Group in Newmarket, Newmarket; Department of Medicine, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario; Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Alberta Children’s Hospital, and Division of Rheumatology, University of Calgary, Calgary; Division of Rheumatology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta; Division of Rheumatology, QEII Health Sciences Centre and Dalhousie University; Division of Nephrology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia; Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, BC Children’s Hospital and University of British Columbia; Division of Rheumatology, Arthritis Research Canada, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia; Section of Rheumatology, University of Manitoba, Arthritis Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba; Division of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Du Sacré-Coeur; Division of Rheumatology, Lupus and Vasculitis clinic, McGill University, Montréal; Division of Rheumatology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke; Division of Rheumatology, CHAU Hôtel-Dieu de Lévis, Université Laval, Quebec City, Québec; Division of Rheumatology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Nexus Clinical Research, St. John’s, Newfoundland; Division of Rheumatology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. L. McGeoch, MD, Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, currently: Centre for Rheumatic Diseases, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, UK; M. Twilt, MD, PhD, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Alberta Children’s Hospital, University of Calgary; L. Famorca, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatology, McMaster University, and Langs Community Centre; V. Bakowsky, MD, FRCPC, Associate Professor, Division of Rheumatology, QEII Health Sciences Centre and Dalhousie University; L. Barra, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatology, St. Joseph’s Health Care; S.M. Benseler, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Alberta Children’s Hospital, University of Calgary; D.A. Cabral, MD, Clinical Professor, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, BC Children’s Hospital and University of British Columbia; S. Carette, MD, MPhil, FRCP, Professor, Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto; G.P. Cox, MD, FRCP(C), Division of Respirology, McMaster University, St. Joseph’s Healthcare; N. Dhindsa, MBBS, DipPH, MD, FRCPC, Section of Rheumatology, University of Manitoba, Arthritis Centre; C.S. Dipchand, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Professor of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Division of Nephrology; A. Fifi-Mah, MD, Division of Rheumatology, University of Calgary; M. Goulet, MD, Division of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Du Sacré-Coeur; N. Khalidi, MD, FRCP, Associate Professor, Division of Rheumatology, McMaster University; M.M. Khraishi, MB, BCh, FRCPC, Professor, Division of Rheumatology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Nexus Clinical Research; P. Liang, MD, Division of Rheumatology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke; N. Milman, MD, MSc, FRCP, Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatology, the Ottawa Hospital/University of Ottawa; C.A. Pineau, MD, FRCPC, Division of Rheumatology, Lupus and Vasculitis clinic, McGill University; H.N. Reich, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Gabor Zellerman Chair in Nephrology Research of Toronto, Division of Nephrology, University Health Network; N. Samadi, MD, Division of Rheumatology and the Arthritis Program Research Group in Newmarket; K. Shojania, MD, FRCPC, Division of Rheumatology, Arthritis Research Canada, University of British Columbia; R. Taylor-Gjevre, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Professor, Division of Rheumatology, University of Saskatchewan; T.E. Towheed, MD, MS, FRCPC, FACP, Professor of Medicine (Rheumatology) and of Public Health Sciences, Department of Medicine, Queen’s University; J. Trudeau, MD, Clinical Faculty Lecturer, Division of Rheumatology, CHAU Hôtel-Dieu de Lévis, Université Laval; M. Walsh, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine and Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University; E. Yacyshyn, MD, FRCPC, Associate Professor, Division of Rheumatology, University of Alberta; C. Pagnoux, MD, MPH, MSc, Associate Professor, Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto. Address correspondence to Dr. C. Pagnoux, Division of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, 60 Murray St., Suite 2-220, Toronto, Ontario M5T 3L9, Canada. E-mail: cpagnoux@mtsinai.on.ca. Accepted for publication July 28, 2015.
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Patrick Liang
From the Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto; Division of Nephrology, University Health Network, Toronto; Division of Rheumatology, Division of Respirology, and Department of Medicine and Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, St. Joseph’s Healthcare, Hamilton; Division of Rheumatology, St. Joseph’s Health Care, London; Langs Community Centre, Cambridge; Division of Rheumatology, the Ottawa Hospital/ University of Ottawa, Ottawa; Division of Rheumatology and the Arthritis Program Research Group in Newmarket, Newmarket; Department of Medicine, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario; Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Alberta Children’s Hospital, and Division of Rheumatology, University of Calgary, Calgary; Division of Rheumatology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta; Division of Rheumatology, QEII Health Sciences Centre and Dalhousie University; Division of Nephrology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia; Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, BC Children’s Hospital and University of British Columbia; Division of Rheumatology, Arthritis Research Canada, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia; Section of Rheumatology, University of Manitoba, Arthritis Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba; Division of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Du Sacré-Coeur; Division of Rheumatology, Lupus and Vasculitis clinic, McGill University, Montréal; Division of Rheumatology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke; Division of Rheumatology, CHAU Hôtel-Dieu de Lévis, Université Laval, Quebec City, Québec; Division of Rheumatology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Nexus Clinical Research, St. John’s, Newfoundland; Division of Rheumatology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. L. McGeoch, MD, Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, currently: Centre for Rheumatic Diseases, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, UK; M. Twilt, MD, PhD, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Alberta Children’s Hospital, University of Calgary; L. Famorca, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatology, McMaster University, and Langs Community Centre; V. Bakowsky, MD, FRCPC, Associate Professor, Division of Rheumatology, QEII Health Sciences Centre and Dalhousie University; L. Barra, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatology, St. Joseph’s Health Care; S.M. Benseler, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Alberta Children’s Hospital, University of Calgary; D.A. Cabral, MD, Clinical Professor, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, BC Children’s Hospital and University of British Columbia; S. Carette, MD, MPhil, FRCP, Professor, Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto; G.P. Cox, MD, FRCP(C), Division of Respirology, McMaster University, St. Joseph’s Healthcare; N. Dhindsa, MBBS, DipPH, MD, FRCPC, Section of Rheumatology, University of Manitoba, Arthritis Centre; C.S. Dipchand, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Professor of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Division of Nephrology; A. Fifi-Mah, MD, Division of Rheumatology, University of Calgary; M. Goulet, MD, Division of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Du Sacré-Coeur; N. Khalidi, MD, FRCP, Associate Professor, Division of Rheumatology, McMaster University; M.M. Khraishi, MB, BCh, FRCPC, Professor, Division of Rheumatology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Nexus Clinical Research; P. Liang, MD, Division of Rheumatology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke; N. Milman, MD, MSc, FRCP, Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatology, the Ottawa Hospital/University of Ottawa; C.A. Pineau, MD, FRCPC, Division of Rheumatology, Lupus and Vasculitis clinic, McGill University; H.N. Reich, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Gabor Zellerman Chair in Nephrology Research of Toronto, Division of Nephrology, University Health Network; N. Samadi, MD, Division of Rheumatology and the Arthritis Program Research Group in Newmarket; K. Shojania, MD, FRCPC, Division of Rheumatology, Arthritis Research Canada, University of British Columbia; R. Taylor-Gjevre, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Professor, Division of Rheumatology, University of Saskatchewan; T.E. Towheed, MD, MS, FRCPC, FACP, Professor of Medicine (Rheumatology) and of Public Health Sciences, Department of Medicine, Queen’s University; J. Trudeau, MD, Clinical Faculty Lecturer, Division of Rheumatology, CHAU Hôtel-Dieu de Lévis, Université Laval; M. Walsh, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine and Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University; E. Yacyshyn, MD, FRCPC, Associate Professor, Division of Rheumatology, University of Alberta; C. Pagnoux, MD, MPH, MSc, Associate Professor, Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto. Address correspondence to Dr. C. Pagnoux, Division of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, 60 Murray St., Suite 2-220, Toronto, Ontario M5T 3L9, Canada. E-mail: cpagnoux@mtsinai.on.ca. Accepted for publication July 28, 2015.
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Nataliya Milman
From the Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto; Division of Nephrology, University Health Network, Toronto; Division of Rheumatology, Division of Respirology, and Department of Medicine and Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, St. Joseph’s Healthcare, Hamilton; Division of Rheumatology, St. Joseph’s Health Care, London; Langs Community Centre, Cambridge; Division of Rheumatology, the Ottawa Hospital/ University of Ottawa, Ottawa; Division of Rheumatology and the Arthritis Program Research Group in Newmarket, Newmarket; Department of Medicine, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario; Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Alberta Children’s Hospital, and Division of Rheumatology, University of Calgary, Calgary; Division of Rheumatology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta; Division of Rheumatology, QEII Health Sciences Centre and Dalhousie University; Division of Nephrology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia; Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, BC Children’s Hospital and University of British Columbia; Division of Rheumatology, Arthritis Research Canada, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia; Section of Rheumatology, University of Manitoba, Arthritis Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba; Division of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Du Sacré-Coeur; Division of Rheumatology, Lupus and Vasculitis clinic, McGill University, Montréal; Division of Rheumatology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke; Division of Rheumatology, CHAU Hôtel-Dieu de Lévis, Université Laval, Quebec City, Québec; Division of Rheumatology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Nexus Clinical Research, St. John’s, Newfoundland; Division of Rheumatology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. L. McGeoch, MD, Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, currently: Centre for Rheumatic Diseases, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, UK; M. Twilt, MD, PhD, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Alberta Children’s Hospital, University of Calgary; L. Famorca, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatology, McMaster University, and Langs Community Centre; V. Bakowsky, MD, FRCPC, Associate Professor, Division of Rheumatology, QEII Health Sciences Centre and Dalhousie University; L. Barra, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatology, St. Joseph’s Health Care; S.M. Benseler, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Alberta Children’s Hospital, University of Calgary; D.A. Cabral, MD, Clinical Professor, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, BC Children’s Hospital and University of British Columbia; S. Carette, MD, MPhil, FRCP, Professor, Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto; G.P. Cox, MD, FRCP(C), Division of Respirology, McMaster University, St. Joseph’s Healthcare; N. Dhindsa, MBBS, DipPH, MD, FRCPC, Section of Rheumatology, University of Manitoba, Arthritis Centre; C.S. Dipchand, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Professor of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Division of Nephrology; A. Fifi-Mah, MD, Division of Rheumatology, University of Calgary; M. Goulet, MD, Division of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Du Sacré-Coeur; N. Khalidi, MD, FRCP, Associate Professor, Division of Rheumatology, McMaster University; M.M. Khraishi, MB, BCh, FRCPC, Professor, Division of Rheumatology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Nexus Clinical Research; P. Liang, MD, Division of Rheumatology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke; N. Milman, MD, MSc, FRCP, Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatology, the Ottawa Hospital/University of Ottawa; C.A. Pineau, MD, FRCPC, Division of Rheumatology, Lupus and Vasculitis clinic, McGill University; H.N. Reich, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Gabor Zellerman Chair in Nephrology Research of Toronto, Division of Nephrology, University Health Network; N. Samadi, MD, Division of Rheumatology and the Arthritis Program Research Group in Newmarket; K. Shojania, MD, FRCPC, Division of Rheumatology, Arthritis Research Canada, University of British Columbia; R. Taylor-Gjevre, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Professor, Division of Rheumatology, University of Saskatchewan; T.E. Towheed, MD, MS, FRCPC, FACP, Professor of Medicine (Rheumatology) and of Public Health Sciences, Department of Medicine, Queen’s University; J. Trudeau, MD, Clinical Faculty Lecturer, Division of Rheumatology, CHAU Hôtel-Dieu de Lévis, Université Laval; M. Walsh, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine and Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University; E. Yacyshyn, MD, FRCPC, Associate Professor, Division of Rheumatology, University of Alberta; C. Pagnoux, MD, MPH, MSc, Associate Professor, Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto. Address correspondence to Dr. C. Pagnoux, Division of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, 60 Murray St., Suite 2-220, Toronto, Ontario M5T 3L9, Canada. E-mail: cpagnoux@mtsinai.on.ca. Accepted for publication July 28, 2015.
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Christian A. Pineau
From the Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto; Division of Nephrology, University Health Network, Toronto; Division of Rheumatology, Division of Respirology, and Department of Medicine and Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, St. Joseph’s Healthcare, Hamilton; Division of Rheumatology, St. Joseph’s Health Care, London; Langs Community Centre, Cambridge; Division of Rheumatology, the Ottawa Hospital/ University of Ottawa, Ottawa; Division of Rheumatology and the Arthritis Program Research Group in Newmarket, Newmarket; Department of Medicine, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario; Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Alberta Children’s Hospital, and Division of Rheumatology, University of Calgary, Calgary; Division of Rheumatology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta; Division of Rheumatology, QEII Health Sciences Centre and Dalhousie University; Division of Nephrology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia; Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, BC Children’s Hospital and University of British Columbia; Division of Rheumatology, Arthritis Research Canada, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia; Section of Rheumatology, University of Manitoba, Arthritis Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba; Division of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Du Sacré-Coeur; Division of Rheumatology, Lupus and Vasculitis clinic, McGill University, Montréal; Division of Rheumatology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke; Division of Rheumatology, CHAU Hôtel-Dieu de Lévis, Université Laval, Quebec City, Québec; Division of Rheumatology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Nexus Clinical Research, St. John’s, Newfoundland; Division of Rheumatology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. L. McGeoch, MD, Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, currently: Centre for Rheumatic Diseases, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, UK; M. Twilt, MD, PhD, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Alberta Children’s Hospital, University of Calgary; L. Famorca, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatology, McMaster University, and Langs Community Centre; V. Bakowsky, MD, FRCPC, Associate Professor, Division of Rheumatology, QEII Health Sciences Centre and Dalhousie University; L. Barra, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatology, St. Joseph’s Health Care; S.M. Benseler, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Alberta Children’s Hospital, University of Calgary; D.A. Cabral, MD, Clinical Professor, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, BC Children’s Hospital and University of British Columbia; S. Carette, MD, MPhil, FRCP, Professor, Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto; G.P. Cox, MD, FRCP(C), Division of Respirology, McMaster University, St. Joseph’s Healthcare; N. Dhindsa, MBBS, DipPH, MD, FRCPC, Section of Rheumatology, University of Manitoba, Arthritis Centre; C.S. Dipchand, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Professor of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Division of Nephrology; A. Fifi-Mah, MD, Division of Rheumatology, University of Calgary; M. Goulet, MD, Division of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Du Sacré-Coeur; N. Khalidi, MD, FRCP, Associate Professor, Division of Rheumatology, McMaster University; M.M. Khraishi, MB, BCh, FRCPC, Professor, Division of Rheumatology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Nexus Clinical Research; P. Liang, MD, Division of Rheumatology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke; N. Milman, MD, MSc, FRCP, Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatology, the Ottawa Hospital/University of Ottawa; C.A. Pineau, MD, FRCPC, Division of Rheumatology, Lupus and Vasculitis clinic, McGill University; H.N. Reich, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Gabor Zellerman Chair in Nephrology Research of Toronto, Division of Nephrology, University Health Network; N. Samadi, MD, Division of Rheumatology and the Arthritis Program Research Group in Newmarket; K. Shojania, MD, FRCPC, Division of Rheumatology, Arthritis Research Canada, University of British Columbia; R. Taylor-Gjevre, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Professor, Division of Rheumatology, University of Saskatchewan; T.E. Towheed, MD, MS, FRCPC, FACP, Professor of Medicine (Rheumatology) and of Public Health Sciences, Department of Medicine, Queen’s University; J. Trudeau, MD, Clinical Faculty Lecturer, Division of Rheumatology, CHAU Hôtel-Dieu de Lévis, Université Laval; M. Walsh, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine and Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University; E. Yacyshyn, MD, FRCPC, Associate Professor, Division of Rheumatology, University of Alberta; C. Pagnoux, MD, MPH, MSc, Associate Professor, Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto. Address correspondence to Dr. C. Pagnoux, Division of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, 60 Murray St., Suite 2-220, Toronto, Ontario M5T 3L9, Canada. E-mail: cpagnoux@mtsinai.on.ca. Accepted for publication July 28, 2015.
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Heather N. Reich
From the Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto; Division of Nephrology, University Health Network, Toronto; Division of Rheumatology, Division of Respirology, and Department of Medicine and Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, St. Joseph’s Healthcare, Hamilton; Division of Rheumatology, St. Joseph’s Health Care, London; Langs Community Centre, Cambridge; Division of Rheumatology, the Ottawa Hospital/ University of Ottawa, Ottawa; Division of Rheumatology and the Arthritis Program Research Group in Newmarket, Newmarket; Department of Medicine, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario; Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Alberta Children’s Hospital, and Division of Rheumatology, University of Calgary, Calgary; Division of Rheumatology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta; Division of Rheumatology, QEII Health Sciences Centre and Dalhousie University; Division of Nephrology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia; Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, BC Children’s Hospital and University of British Columbia; Division of Rheumatology, Arthritis Research Canada, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia; Section of Rheumatology, University of Manitoba, Arthritis Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba; Division of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Du Sacré-Coeur; Division of Rheumatology, Lupus and Vasculitis clinic, McGill University, Montréal; Division of Rheumatology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke; Division of Rheumatology, CHAU Hôtel-Dieu de Lévis, Université Laval, Quebec City, Québec; Division of Rheumatology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Nexus Clinical Research, St. John’s, Newfoundland; Division of Rheumatology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. L. McGeoch, MD, Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, currently: Centre for Rheumatic Diseases, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, UK; M. Twilt, MD, PhD, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Alberta Children’s Hospital, University of Calgary; L. Famorca, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatology, McMaster University, and Langs Community Centre; V. Bakowsky, MD, FRCPC, Associate Professor, Division of Rheumatology, QEII Health Sciences Centre and Dalhousie University; L. Barra, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatology, St. Joseph’s Health Care; S.M. Benseler, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Alberta Children’s Hospital, University of Calgary; D.A. Cabral, MD, Clinical Professor, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, BC Children’s Hospital and University of British Columbia; S. Carette, MD, MPhil, FRCP, Professor, Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto; G.P. Cox, MD, FRCP(C), Division of Respirology, McMaster University, St. Joseph’s Healthcare; N. Dhindsa, MBBS, DipPH, MD, FRCPC, Section of Rheumatology, University of Manitoba, Arthritis Centre; C.S. Dipchand, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Professor of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Division of Nephrology; A. Fifi-Mah, MD, Division of Rheumatology, University of Calgary; M. Goulet, MD, Division of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Du Sacré-Coeur; N. Khalidi, MD, FRCP, Associate Professor, Division of Rheumatology, McMaster University; M.M. Khraishi, MB, BCh, FRCPC, Professor, Division of Rheumatology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Nexus Clinical Research; P. Liang, MD, Division of Rheumatology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke; N. Milman, MD, MSc, FRCP, Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatology, the Ottawa Hospital/University of Ottawa; C.A. Pineau, MD, FRCPC, Division of Rheumatology, Lupus and Vasculitis clinic, McGill University; H.N. Reich, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Gabor Zellerman Chair in Nephrology Research of Toronto, Division of Nephrology, University Health Network; N. Samadi, MD, Division of Rheumatology and the Arthritis Program Research Group in Newmarket; K. Shojania, MD, FRCPC, Division of Rheumatology, Arthritis Research Canada, University of British Columbia; R. Taylor-Gjevre, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Professor, Division of Rheumatology, University of Saskatchewan; T.E. Towheed, MD, MS, FRCPC, FACP, Professor of Medicine (Rheumatology) and of Public Health Sciences, Department of Medicine, Queen’s University; J. Trudeau, MD, Clinical Faculty Lecturer, Division of Rheumatology, CHAU Hôtel-Dieu de Lévis, Université Laval; M. Walsh, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine and Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University; E. Yacyshyn, MD, FRCPC, Associate Professor, Division of Rheumatology, University of Alberta; C. Pagnoux, MD, MPH, MSc, Associate Professor, Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto. Address correspondence to Dr. C. Pagnoux, Division of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, 60 Murray St., Suite 2-220, Toronto, Ontario M5T 3L9, Canada. E-mail: cpagnoux@mtsinai.on.ca. Accepted for publication July 28, 2015.
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Nooshin Samadi
From the Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto; Division of Nephrology, University Health Network, Toronto; Division of Rheumatology, Division of Respirology, and Department of Medicine and Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, St. Joseph’s Healthcare, Hamilton; Division of Rheumatology, St. Joseph’s Health Care, London; Langs Community Centre, Cambridge; Division of Rheumatology, the Ottawa Hospital/ University of Ottawa, Ottawa; Division of Rheumatology and the Arthritis Program Research Group in Newmarket, Newmarket; Department of Medicine, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario; Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Alberta Children’s Hospital, and Division of Rheumatology, University of Calgary, Calgary; Division of Rheumatology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta; Division of Rheumatology, QEII Health Sciences Centre and Dalhousie University; Division of Nephrology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia; Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, BC Children’s Hospital and University of British Columbia; Division of Rheumatology, Arthritis Research Canada, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia; Section of Rheumatology, University of Manitoba, Arthritis Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba; Division of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Du Sacré-Coeur; Division of Rheumatology, Lupus and Vasculitis clinic, McGill University, Montréal; Division of Rheumatology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke; Division of Rheumatology, CHAU Hôtel-Dieu de Lévis, Université Laval, Quebec City, Québec; Division of Rheumatology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Nexus Clinical Research, St. John’s, Newfoundland; Division of Rheumatology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. L. McGeoch, MD, Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, currently: Centre for Rheumatic Diseases, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, UK; M. Twilt, MD, PhD, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Alberta Children’s Hospital, University of Calgary; L. Famorca, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatology, McMaster University, and Langs Community Centre; V. Bakowsky, MD, FRCPC, Associate Professor, Division of Rheumatology, QEII Health Sciences Centre and Dalhousie University; L. Barra, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatology, St. Joseph’s Health Care; S.M. Benseler, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Alberta Children’s Hospital, University of Calgary; D.A. Cabral, MD, Clinical Professor, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, BC Children’s Hospital and University of British Columbia; S. Carette, MD, MPhil, FRCP, Professor, Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto; G.P. Cox, MD, FRCP(C), Division of Respirology, McMaster University, St. Joseph’s Healthcare; N. Dhindsa, MBBS, DipPH, MD, FRCPC, Section of Rheumatology, University of Manitoba, Arthritis Centre; C.S. Dipchand, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Professor of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Division of Nephrology; A. Fifi-Mah, MD, Division of Rheumatology, University of Calgary; M. Goulet, MD, Division of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Du Sacré-Coeur; N. Khalidi, MD, FRCP, Associate Professor, Division of Rheumatology, McMaster University; M.M. Khraishi, MB, BCh, FRCPC, Professor, Division of Rheumatology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Nexus Clinical Research; P. Liang, MD, Division of Rheumatology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke; N. Milman, MD, MSc, FRCP, Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatology, the Ottawa Hospital/University of Ottawa; C.A. Pineau, MD, FRCPC, Division of Rheumatology, Lupus and Vasculitis clinic, McGill University; H.N. Reich, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Gabor Zellerman Chair in Nephrology Research of Toronto, Division of Nephrology, University Health Network; N. Samadi, MD, Division of Rheumatology and the Arthritis Program Research Group in Newmarket; K. Shojania, MD, FRCPC, Division of Rheumatology, Arthritis Research Canada, University of British Columbia; R. Taylor-Gjevre, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Professor, Division of Rheumatology, University of Saskatchewan; T.E. Towheed, MD, MS, FRCPC, FACP, Professor of Medicine (Rheumatology) and of Public Health Sciences, Department of Medicine, Queen’s University; J. Trudeau, MD, Clinical Faculty Lecturer, Division of Rheumatology, CHAU Hôtel-Dieu de Lévis, Université Laval; M. Walsh, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine and Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University; E. Yacyshyn, MD, FRCPC, Associate Professor, Division of Rheumatology, University of Alberta; C. Pagnoux, MD, MPH, MSc, Associate Professor, Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto. Address correspondence to Dr. C. Pagnoux, Division of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, 60 Murray St., Suite 2-220, Toronto, Ontario M5T 3L9, Canada. E-mail: cpagnoux@mtsinai.on.ca. Accepted for publication July 28, 2015.
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Kam Shojania
From the Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto; Division of Nephrology, University Health Network, Toronto; Division of Rheumatology, Division of Respirology, and Department of Medicine and Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, St. Joseph’s Healthcare, Hamilton; Division of Rheumatology, St. Joseph’s Health Care, London; Langs Community Centre, Cambridge; Division of Rheumatology, the Ottawa Hospital/ University of Ottawa, Ottawa; Division of Rheumatology and the Arthritis Program Research Group in Newmarket, Newmarket; Department of Medicine, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario; Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Alberta Children’s Hospital, and Division of Rheumatology, University of Calgary, Calgary; Division of Rheumatology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta; Division of Rheumatology, QEII Health Sciences Centre and Dalhousie University; Division of Nephrology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia; Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, BC Children’s Hospital and University of British Columbia; Division of Rheumatology, Arthritis Research Canada, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia; Section of Rheumatology, University of Manitoba, Arthritis Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba; Division of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Du Sacré-Coeur; Division of Rheumatology, Lupus and Vasculitis clinic, McGill University, Montréal; Division of Rheumatology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke; Division of Rheumatology, CHAU Hôtel-Dieu de Lévis, Université Laval, Quebec City, Québec; Division of Rheumatology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Nexus Clinical Research, St. John’s, Newfoundland; Division of Rheumatology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. L. McGeoch, MD, Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, currently: Centre for Rheumatic Diseases, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, UK; M. Twilt, MD, PhD, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Alberta Children’s Hospital, University of Calgary; L. Famorca, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatology, McMaster University, and Langs Community Centre; V. Bakowsky, MD, FRCPC, Associate Professor, Division of Rheumatology, QEII Health Sciences Centre and Dalhousie University; L. Barra, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatology, St. Joseph’s Health Care; S.M. Benseler, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Alberta Children’s Hospital, University of Calgary; D.A. Cabral, MD, Clinical Professor, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, BC Children’s Hospital and University of British Columbia; S. Carette, MD, MPhil, FRCP, Professor, Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto; G.P. Cox, MD, FRCP(C), Division of Respirology, McMaster University, St. Joseph’s Healthcare; N. Dhindsa, MBBS, DipPH, MD, FRCPC, Section of Rheumatology, University of Manitoba, Arthritis Centre; C.S. Dipchand, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Professor of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Division of Nephrology; A. Fifi-Mah, MD, Division of Rheumatology, University of Calgary; M. Goulet, MD, Division of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Du Sacré-Coeur; N. Khalidi, MD, FRCP, Associate Professor, Division of Rheumatology, McMaster University; M.M. Khraishi, MB, BCh, FRCPC, Professor, Division of Rheumatology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Nexus Clinical Research; P. Liang, MD, Division of Rheumatology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke; N. Milman, MD, MSc, FRCP, Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatology, the Ottawa Hospital/University of Ottawa; C.A. Pineau, MD, FRCPC, Division of Rheumatology, Lupus and Vasculitis clinic, McGill University; H.N. Reich, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Gabor Zellerman Chair in Nephrology Research of Toronto, Division of Nephrology, University Health Network; N. Samadi, MD, Division of Rheumatology and the Arthritis Program Research Group in Newmarket; K. Shojania, MD, FRCPC, Division of Rheumatology, Arthritis Research Canada, University of British Columbia; R. Taylor-Gjevre, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Professor, Division of Rheumatology, University of Saskatchewan; T.E. Towheed, MD, MS, FRCPC, FACP, Professor of Medicine (Rheumatology) and of Public Health Sciences, Department of Medicine, Queen’s University; J. Trudeau, MD, Clinical Faculty Lecturer, Division of Rheumatology, CHAU Hôtel-Dieu de Lévis, Université Laval; M. Walsh, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine and Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University; E. Yacyshyn, MD, FRCPC, Associate Professor, Division of Rheumatology, University of Alberta; C. Pagnoux, MD, MPH, MSc, Associate Professor, Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto. Address correspondence to Dr. C. Pagnoux, Division of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, 60 Murray St., Suite 2-220, Toronto, Ontario M5T 3L9, Canada. E-mail: cpagnoux@mtsinai.on.ca. Accepted for publication July 28, 2015.
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Regina Taylor-Gjevre
From the Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto; Division of Nephrology, University Health Network, Toronto; Division of Rheumatology, Division of Respirology, and Department of Medicine and Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, St. Joseph’s Healthcare, Hamilton; Division of Rheumatology, St. Joseph’s Health Care, London; Langs Community Centre, Cambridge; Division of Rheumatology, the Ottawa Hospital/ University of Ottawa, Ottawa; Division of Rheumatology and the Arthritis Program Research Group in Newmarket, Newmarket; Department of Medicine, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario; Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Alberta Children’s Hospital, and Division of Rheumatology, University of Calgary, Calgary; Division of Rheumatology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta; Division of Rheumatology, QEII Health Sciences Centre and Dalhousie University; Division of Nephrology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia; Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, BC Children’s Hospital and University of British Columbia; Division of Rheumatology, Arthritis Research Canada, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia; Section of Rheumatology, University of Manitoba, Arthritis Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba; Division of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Du Sacré-Coeur; Division of Rheumatology, Lupus and Vasculitis clinic, McGill University, Montréal; Division of Rheumatology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke; Division of Rheumatology, CHAU Hôtel-Dieu de Lévis, Université Laval, Quebec City, Québec; Division of Rheumatology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Nexus Clinical Research, St. John’s, Newfoundland; Division of Rheumatology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. L. McGeoch, MD, Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, currently: Centre for Rheumatic Diseases, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, UK; M. Twilt, MD, PhD, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Alberta Children’s Hospital, University of Calgary; L. Famorca, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatology, McMaster University, and Langs Community Centre; V. Bakowsky, MD, FRCPC, Associate Professor, Division of Rheumatology, QEII Health Sciences Centre and Dalhousie University; L. Barra, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatology, St. Joseph’s Health Care; S.M. Benseler, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Alberta Children’s Hospital, University of Calgary; D.A. Cabral, MD, Clinical Professor, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, BC Children’s Hospital and University of British Columbia; S. Carette, MD, MPhil, FRCP, Professor, Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto; G.P. Cox, MD, FRCP(C), Division of Respirology, McMaster University, St. Joseph’s Healthcare; N. Dhindsa, MBBS, DipPH, MD, FRCPC, Section of Rheumatology, University of Manitoba, Arthritis Centre; C.S. Dipchand, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Professor of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Division of Nephrology; A. Fifi-Mah, MD, Division of Rheumatology, University of Calgary; M. Goulet, MD, Division of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Du Sacré-Coeur; N. Khalidi, MD, FRCP, Associate Professor, Division of Rheumatology, McMaster University; M.M. Khraishi, MB, BCh, FRCPC, Professor, Division of Rheumatology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Nexus Clinical Research; P. Liang, MD, Division of Rheumatology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke; N. Milman, MD, MSc, FRCP, Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatology, the Ottawa Hospital/University of Ottawa; C.A. Pineau, MD, FRCPC, Division of Rheumatology, Lupus and Vasculitis clinic, McGill University; H.N. Reich, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Gabor Zellerman Chair in Nephrology Research of Toronto, Division of Nephrology, University Health Network; N. Samadi, MD, Division of Rheumatology and the Arthritis Program Research Group in Newmarket; K. Shojania, MD, FRCPC, Division of Rheumatology, Arthritis Research Canada, University of British Columbia; R. Taylor-Gjevre, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Professor, Division of Rheumatology, University of Saskatchewan; T.E. Towheed, MD, MS, FRCPC, FACP, Professor of Medicine (Rheumatology) and of Public Health Sciences, Department of Medicine, Queen’s University; J. Trudeau, MD, Clinical Faculty Lecturer, Division of Rheumatology, CHAU Hôtel-Dieu de Lévis, Université Laval; M. Walsh, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine and Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University; E. Yacyshyn, MD, FRCPC, Associate Professor, Division of Rheumatology, University of Alberta; C. Pagnoux, MD, MPH, MSc, Associate Professor, Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto. Address correspondence to Dr. C. Pagnoux, Division of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, 60 Murray St., Suite 2-220, Toronto, Ontario M5T 3L9, Canada. E-mail: cpagnoux@mtsinai.on.ca. Accepted for publication July 28, 2015.
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Tanveer E. Towheed
From the Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto; Division of Nephrology, University Health Network, Toronto; Division of Rheumatology, Division of Respirology, and Department of Medicine and Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, St. Joseph’s Healthcare, Hamilton; Division of Rheumatology, St. Joseph’s Health Care, London; Langs Community Centre, Cambridge; Division of Rheumatology, the Ottawa Hospital/ University of Ottawa, Ottawa; Division of Rheumatology and the Arthritis Program Research Group in Newmarket, Newmarket; Department of Medicine, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario; Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Alberta Children’s Hospital, and Division of Rheumatology, University of Calgary, Calgary; Division of Rheumatology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta; Division of Rheumatology, QEII Health Sciences Centre and Dalhousie University; Division of Nephrology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia; Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, BC Children’s Hospital and University of British Columbia; Division of Rheumatology, Arthritis Research Canada, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia; Section of Rheumatology, University of Manitoba, Arthritis Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba; Division of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Du Sacré-Coeur; Division of Rheumatology, Lupus and Vasculitis clinic, McGill University, Montréal; Division of Rheumatology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke; Division of Rheumatology, CHAU Hôtel-Dieu de Lévis, Université Laval, Quebec City, Québec; Division of Rheumatology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Nexus Clinical Research, St. John’s, Newfoundland; Division of Rheumatology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. L. McGeoch, MD, Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, currently: Centre for Rheumatic Diseases, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, UK; M. Twilt, MD, PhD, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Alberta Children’s Hospital, University of Calgary; L. Famorca, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatology, McMaster University, and Langs Community Centre; V. Bakowsky, MD, FRCPC, Associate Professor, Division of Rheumatology, QEII Health Sciences Centre and Dalhousie University; L. Barra, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatology, St. Joseph’s Health Care; S.M. Benseler, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Alberta Children’s Hospital, University of Calgary; D.A. Cabral, MD, Clinical Professor, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, BC Children’s Hospital and University of British Columbia; S. Carette, MD, MPhil, FRCP, Professor, Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto; G.P. Cox, MD, FRCP(C), Division of Respirology, McMaster University, St. Joseph’s Healthcare; N. Dhindsa, MBBS, DipPH, MD, FRCPC, Section of Rheumatology, University of Manitoba, Arthritis Centre; C.S. Dipchand, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Professor of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Division of Nephrology; A. Fifi-Mah, MD, Division of Rheumatology, University of Calgary; M. Goulet, MD, Division of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Du Sacré-Coeur; N. Khalidi, MD, FRCP, Associate Professor, Division of Rheumatology, McMaster University; M.M. Khraishi, MB, BCh, FRCPC, Professor, Division of Rheumatology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Nexus Clinical Research; P. Liang, MD, Division of Rheumatology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke; N. Milman, MD, MSc, FRCP, Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatology, the Ottawa Hospital/University of Ottawa; C.A. Pineau, MD, FRCPC, Division of Rheumatology, Lupus and Vasculitis clinic, McGill University; H.N. Reich, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Gabor Zellerman Chair in Nephrology Research of Toronto, Division of Nephrology, University Health Network; N. Samadi, MD, Division of Rheumatology and the Arthritis Program Research Group in Newmarket; K. Shojania, MD, FRCPC, Division of Rheumatology, Arthritis Research Canada, University of British Columbia; R. Taylor-Gjevre, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Professor, Division of Rheumatology, University of Saskatchewan; T.E. Towheed, MD, MS, FRCPC, FACP, Professor of Medicine (Rheumatology) and of Public Health Sciences, Department of Medicine, Queen’s University; J. Trudeau, MD, Clinical Faculty Lecturer, Division of Rheumatology, CHAU Hôtel-Dieu de Lévis, Université Laval; M. Walsh, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine and Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University; E. Yacyshyn, MD, FRCPC, Associate Professor, Division of Rheumatology, University of Alberta; C. Pagnoux, MD, MPH, MSc, Associate Professor, Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto. Address correspondence to Dr. C. Pagnoux, Division of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, 60 Murray St., Suite 2-220, Toronto, Ontario M5T 3L9, Canada. E-mail: cpagnoux@mtsinai.on.ca. Accepted for publication July 28, 2015.
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Judith Trudeau
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Cox, MD, FRCP(C), Division of Respirology, McMaster University, St. Joseph’s Healthcare; N. Dhindsa, MBBS, DipPH, MD, FRCPC, Section of Rheumatology, University of Manitoba, Arthritis Centre; C.S. Dipchand, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Professor of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Division of Nephrology; A. Fifi-Mah, MD, Division of Rheumatology, University of Calgary; M. Goulet, MD, Division of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Du Sacré-Coeur; N. Khalidi, MD, FRCP, Associate Professor, Division of Rheumatology, McMaster University; M.M. Khraishi, MB, BCh, FRCPC, Professor, Division of Rheumatology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Nexus Clinical Research; P. Liang, MD, Division of Rheumatology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke; N. Milman, MD, MSc, FRCP, Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatology, the Ottawa Hospital/University of Ottawa; C.A. Pineau, MD, FRCPC, Division of Rheumatology, Lupus and Vasculitis clinic, McGill University; H.N. 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Pagnoux, MD, MPH, MSc, Associate Professor, Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto. Address correspondence to Dr. C. Pagnoux, Division of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, 60 Murray St., Suite 2-220, Toronto, Ontario M5T 3L9, Canada. E-mail: cpagnoux@mtsinai.on.ca. Accepted for publication July 28, 2015.
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Michael Walsh
From the Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto; Division of Nephrology, University Health Network, Toronto; Division of Rheumatology, Division of Respirology, and Department of Medicine and Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, St. Joseph’s Healthcare, Hamilton; Division of Rheumatology, St. Joseph’s Health Care, London; Langs Community Centre, Cambridge; Division of Rheumatology, the Ottawa Hospital/ University of Ottawa, Ottawa; Division of Rheumatology and the Arthritis Program Research Group in Newmarket, Newmarket; Department of Medicine, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario; Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Alberta Children’s Hospital, and Division of Rheumatology, University of Calgary, Calgary; Division of Rheumatology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta; Division of Rheumatology, QEII Health Sciences Centre and Dalhousie University; Division of Nephrology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia; Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, BC Children’s Hospital and University of British Columbia; Division of Rheumatology, Arthritis Research Canada, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia; Section of Rheumatology, University of Manitoba, Arthritis Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba; Division of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Du Sacré-Coeur; Division of Rheumatology, Lupus and Vasculitis clinic, McGill University, Montréal; Division of Rheumatology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke; Division of Rheumatology, CHAU Hôtel-Dieu de Lévis, Université Laval, Quebec City, Québec; Division of Rheumatology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Nexus Clinical Research, St. John’s, Newfoundland; Division of Rheumatology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. L. McGeoch, MD, Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, currently: Centre for Rheumatic Diseases, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, UK; M. Twilt, MD, PhD, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Alberta Children’s Hospital, University of Calgary; L. Famorca, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatology, McMaster University, and Langs Community Centre; V. Bakowsky, MD, FRCPC, Associate Professor, Division of Rheumatology, QEII Health Sciences Centre and Dalhousie University; L. Barra, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatology, St. Joseph’s Health Care; S.M. Benseler, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Alberta Children’s Hospital, University of Calgary; D.A. Cabral, MD, Clinical Professor, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, BC Children’s Hospital and University of British Columbia; S. Carette, MD, MPhil, FRCP, Professor, Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto; G.P. Cox, MD, FRCP(C), Division of Respirology, McMaster University, St. Joseph’s Healthcare; N. Dhindsa, MBBS, DipPH, MD, FRCPC, Section of Rheumatology, University of Manitoba, Arthritis Centre; C.S. Dipchand, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Professor of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Division of Nephrology; A. Fifi-Mah, MD, Division of Rheumatology, University of Calgary; M. Goulet, MD, Division of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Du Sacré-Coeur; N. Khalidi, MD, FRCP, Associate Professor, Division of Rheumatology, McMaster University; M.M. Khraishi, MB, BCh, FRCPC, Professor, Division of Rheumatology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Nexus Clinical Research; P. Liang, MD, Division of Rheumatology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke; N. Milman, MD, MSc, FRCP, Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatology, the Ottawa Hospital/University of Ottawa; C.A. Pineau, MD, FRCPC, Division of Rheumatology, Lupus and Vasculitis clinic, McGill University; H.N. Reich, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Gabor Zellerman Chair in Nephrology Research of Toronto, Division of Nephrology, University Health Network; N. Samadi, MD, Division of Rheumatology and the Arthritis Program Research Group in Newmarket; K. Shojania, MD, FRCPC, Division of Rheumatology, Arthritis Research Canada, University of British Columbia; R. Taylor-Gjevre, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Professor, Division of Rheumatology, University of Saskatchewan; T.E. Towheed, MD, MS, FRCPC, FACP, Professor of Medicine (Rheumatology) and of Public Health Sciences, Department of Medicine, Queen’s University; J. Trudeau, MD, Clinical Faculty Lecturer, Division of Rheumatology, CHAU Hôtel-Dieu de Lévis, Université Laval; M. Walsh, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine and Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University; E. Yacyshyn, MD, FRCPC, Associate Professor, Division of Rheumatology, University of Alberta; C. Pagnoux, MD, MPH, MSc, Associate Professor, Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto. Address correspondence to Dr. C. Pagnoux, Division of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, 60 Murray St., Suite 2-220, Toronto, Ontario M5T 3L9, Canada. E-mail: cpagnoux@mtsinai.on.ca. Accepted for publication July 28, 2015.
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Elaine Yacyshyn
From the Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto; Division of Nephrology, University Health Network, Toronto; Division of Rheumatology, Division of Respirology, and Department of Medicine and Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, St. Joseph’s Healthcare, Hamilton; Division of Rheumatology, St. Joseph’s Health Care, London; Langs Community Centre, Cambridge; Division of Rheumatology, the Ottawa Hospital/ University of Ottawa, Ottawa; Division of Rheumatology and the Arthritis Program Research Group in Newmarket, Newmarket; Department of Medicine, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario; Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Alberta Children’s Hospital, and Division of Rheumatology, University of Calgary, Calgary; Division of Rheumatology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta; Division of Rheumatology, QEII Health Sciences Centre and Dalhousie University; Division of Nephrology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia; Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, BC Children’s Hospital and University of British Columbia; Division of Rheumatology, Arthritis Research Canada, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia; Section of Rheumatology, University of Manitoba, Arthritis Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba; Division of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Du Sacré-Coeur; Division of Rheumatology, Lupus and Vasculitis clinic, McGill University, Montréal; Division of Rheumatology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke; Division of Rheumatology, CHAU Hôtel-Dieu de Lévis, Université Laval, Quebec City, Québec; Division of Rheumatology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Nexus Clinical Research, St. John’s, Newfoundland; Division of Rheumatology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. L. McGeoch, MD, Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, currently: Centre for Rheumatic Diseases, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, UK; M. Twilt, MD, PhD, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Alberta Children’s Hospital, University of Calgary; L. Famorca, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatology, McMaster University, and Langs Community Centre; V. Bakowsky, MD, FRCPC, Associate Professor, Division of Rheumatology, QEII Health Sciences Centre and Dalhousie University; L. Barra, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatology, St. Joseph’s Health Care; S.M. Benseler, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Alberta Children’s Hospital, University of Calgary; D.A. Cabral, MD, Clinical Professor, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, BC Children’s Hospital and University of British Columbia; S. Carette, MD, MPhil, FRCP, Professor, Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto; G.P. Cox, MD, FRCP(C), Division of Respirology, McMaster University, St. Joseph’s Healthcare; N. Dhindsa, MBBS, DipPH, MD, FRCPC, Section of Rheumatology, University of Manitoba, Arthritis Centre; C.S. Dipchand, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Professor of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Division of Nephrology; A. Fifi-Mah, MD, Division of Rheumatology, University of Calgary; M. Goulet, MD, Division of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Du Sacré-Coeur; N. Khalidi, MD, FRCP, Associate Professor, Division of Rheumatology, McMaster University; M.M. Khraishi, MB, BCh, FRCPC, Professor, Division of Rheumatology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Nexus Clinical Research; P. Liang, MD, Division of Rheumatology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke; N. Milman, MD, MSc, FRCP, Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatology, the Ottawa Hospital/University of Ottawa; C.A. Pineau, MD, FRCPC, Division of Rheumatology, Lupus and Vasculitis clinic, McGill University; H.N. Reich, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Gabor Zellerman Chair in Nephrology Research of Toronto, Division of Nephrology, University Health Network; N. Samadi, MD, Division of Rheumatology and the Arthritis Program Research Group in Newmarket; K. Shojania, MD, FRCPC, Division of Rheumatology, Arthritis Research Canada, University of British Columbia; R. Taylor-Gjevre, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Professor, Division of Rheumatology, University of Saskatchewan; T.E. Towheed, MD, MS, FRCPC, FACP, Professor of Medicine (Rheumatology) and of Public Health Sciences, Department of Medicine, Queen’s University; J. Trudeau, MD, Clinical Faculty Lecturer, Division of Rheumatology, CHAU Hôtel-Dieu de Lévis, Université Laval; M. Walsh, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine and Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University; E. Yacyshyn, MD, FRCPC, Associate Professor, Division of Rheumatology, University of Alberta; C. Pagnoux, MD, MPH, MSc, Associate Professor, Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto. Address correspondence to Dr. C. Pagnoux, Division of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, 60 Murray St., Suite 2-220, Toronto, Ontario M5T 3L9, Canada. E-mail: cpagnoux@mtsinai.on.ca. Accepted for publication July 28, 2015.
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Christian Pagnoux
From the Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto; Division of Nephrology, University Health Network, Toronto; Division of Rheumatology, Division of Respirology, and Department of Medicine and Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University, St. Joseph’s Healthcare, Hamilton; Division of Rheumatology, St. Joseph’s Health Care, London; Langs Community Centre, Cambridge; Division of Rheumatology, the Ottawa Hospital/ University of Ottawa, Ottawa; Division of Rheumatology and the Arthritis Program Research Group in Newmarket, Newmarket; Department of Medicine, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario; Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Alberta Children’s Hospital, and Division of Rheumatology, University of Calgary, Calgary; Division of Rheumatology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta; Division of Rheumatology, QEII Health Sciences Centre and Dalhousie University; Division of Nephrology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia; Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, BC Children’s Hospital and University of British Columbia; Division of Rheumatology, Arthritis Research Canada, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia; Section of Rheumatology, University of Manitoba, Arthritis Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba; Division of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Du Sacré-Coeur; Division of Rheumatology, Lupus and Vasculitis clinic, McGill University, Montréal; Division of Rheumatology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke; Division of Rheumatology, CHAU Hôtel-Dieu de Lévis, Université Laval, Quebec City, Québec; Division of Rheumatology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Nexus Clinical Research, St. John’s, Newfoundland; Division of Rheumatology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. L. McGeoch, MD, Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, currently: Centre for Rheumatic Diseases, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, UK; M. Twilt, MD, PhD, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Alberta Children’s Hospital, University of Calgary; L. Famorca, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatology, McMaster University, and Langs Community Centre; V. Bakowsky, MD, FRCPC, Associate Professor, Division of Rheumatology, QEII Health Sciences Centre and Dalhousie University; L. Barra, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatology, St. Joseph’s Health Care; S.M. Benseler, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Alberta Children’s Hospital, University of Calgary; D.A. Cabral, MD, Clinical Professor, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, BC Children’s Hospital and University of British Columbia; S. Carette, MD, MPhil, FRCP, Professor, Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto; G.P. Cox, MD, FRCP(C), Division of Respirology, McMaster University, St. Joseph’s Healthcare; N. Dhindsa, MBBS, DipPH, MD, FRCPC, Section of Rheumatology, University of Manitoba, Arthritis Centre; C.S. Dipchand, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Professor of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Division of Nephrology; A. Fifi-Mah, MD, Division of Rheumatology, University of Calgary; M. Goulet, MD, Division of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Du Sacré-Coeur; N. Khalidi, MD, FRCP, Associate Professor, Division of Rheumatology, McMaster University; M.M. Khraishi, MB, BCh, FRCPC, Professor, Division of Rheumatology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Nexus Clinical Research; P. Liang, MD, Division of Rheumatology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke; N. Milman, MD, MSc, FRCP, Assistant Professor, Division of Rheumatology, the Ottawa Hospital/University of Ottawa; C.A. Pineau, MD, FRCPC, Division of Rheumatology, Lupus and Vasculitis clinic, McGill University; H.N. Reich, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Gabor Zellerman Chair in Nephrology Research of Toronto, Division of Nephrology, University Health Network; N. Samadi, MD, Division of Rheumatology and the Arthritis Program Research Group in Newmarket; K. Shojania, MD, FRCPC, Division of Rheumatology, Arthritis Research Canada, University of British Columbia; R. Taylor-Gjevre, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Professor, Division of Rheumatology, University of Saskatchewan; T.E. Towheed, MD, MS, FRCPC, FACP, Professor of Medicine (Rheumatology) and of Public Health Sciences, Department of Medicine, Queen’s University; J. Trudeau, MD, Clinical Faculty Lecturer, Division of Rheumatology, CHAU Hôtel-Dieu de Lévis, Université Laval; M. Walsh, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine and Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University; E. Yacyshyn, MD, FRCPC, Associate Professor, Division of Rheumatology, University of Alberta; C. Pagnoux, MD, MPH, MSc, Associate Professor, Department of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto. Address correspondence to Dr. C. Pagnoux, Division of Rheumatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, 60 Murray St., Suite 2-220, Toronto, Ontario M5T 3L9, Canada. E-mail: cpagnoux@mtsinai.on.ca. Accepted for publication July 28, 2015.
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Objective The Canadian Vasculitis research network (CanVasc) is composed of physicians from different medical specialties and researchers with expertise in vasculitis. One of its aims is to develop recommendations for the diagnosis and management of antineutrophil cytoplasm antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitides (AAV) in Canada.

Methods Diagnostic and therapeutic questions were developed based on the results of a national needs assessment survey. A systematic review of existing non-Canadian recommendations and guidelines for the diagnosis and management of AAV and studies of AAV published after the 2009 European League Against Rheumatism/European Vasculitis Society recommendations (publication date: January 2009) until November 2014 was performed in the Medline database, Cochrane library, and main vasculitis conference proceedings. Quality of supporting evidence for each therapeutic recommendation was graded. The full working group as well as additional reviewers, including patients, reviewed the developed therapeutic recommendations and nontherapeutic statements using a modified 2-step Delphi technique and through discussion to reach consensus.

Results Nineteen recommendations and 17 statements addressing general AAV diagnosis and management were developed, as well as appendices for practical use, for rheumatologists, nephrologists, respirologists, general internists, and all other healthcare professionals more occasionally involved in the management of patients with AAV in community and academic practice settings.

Conclusion These recommendations were developed based on a synthesis of existing international guidelines, other published supporting evidence, and expert consensus considering the Canadian healthcare context, with the intention of promoting best practices and improving healthcare delivery for patients with AAV.

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CanVasc Recommendations for the Management of Antineutrophil Cytoplasm Antibody-associated Vasculitides
Lucy McGeoch, Marinka Twilt, Leilani Famorca, Volodko Bakowsky, Lillian Barra, Susan M. Benseler, David A. Cabral, Simon Carette, Gerald P. Cox, Navjot Dhindsa, Christine S. Dipchand, Aurore Fifi-Mah, Michelle Goulet, Nader Khalidi, Majed M. Khraishi, Patrick Liang, Nataliya Milman, Christian A. Pineau, Heather N. Reich, Nooshin Samadi, Kam Shojania, Regina Taylor-Gjevre, Tanveer E. Towheed, Judith Trudeau, Michael Walsh, Elaine Yacyshyn, Christian Pagnoux
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Lucy McGeoch, Marinka Twilt, Leilani Famorca, Volodko Bakowsky, Lillian Barra, Susan M. Benseler, David A. Cabral, Simon Carette, Gerald P. Cox, Navjot Dhindsa, Christine S. Dipchand, Aurore Fifi-Mah, Michelle Goulet, Nader Khalidi, Majed M. Khraishi, Patrick Liang, Nataliya Milman, Christian A. Pineau, Heather N. Reich, Nooshin Samadi, Kam Shojania, Regina Taylor-Gjevre, Tanveer E. Towheed, Judith Trudeau, Michael Walsh, Elaine Yacyshyn, Christian Pagnoux
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