Guimaraes, Julio Brandao
Facchetti, Luca
Schwaiger, Benedikt J.
Gersing, Alexandra S.
Li, Xiaojuan
Link, Thomas M.
Funding for this research was provided by:
NIH/NIAMS (P50 AR060752)
Article History
Received: 2 October 2017
Revised: 13 December 2017
Accepted: 21 December 2017
First Online: 23 February 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The scientific guarantor of this publication is Thomas M. Link.
: The authors of this manuscript declare no relationships with any companies whose products or services may be related to the subject matter of the article.
: No complex statistical methods were necessary for this paper.
: Written informed consent was obtained from all subjects (patients) in this study.
: Institutional review board approval was obtained.
: • prospective• observational• performed at one institution