Challa, Divya N.
Kvrgic, Zoran
Cheville, Andrea L.
Crowson, Cynthia S.
Bongartz, Tim
Mason, Thomas G. II
Matteson, Eric L.
Michet, Clement J. Jr
Persellin, Scott T.
Schaffer, Daniel E.
Muskardin, Theresa L. Wampler
Wright, Kerry
Davis, John M. III
Funding for this research was provided by:
Larry and Ruth Eaton Family Career Development Fund in Innovative Rheumatoid Arthritis Research
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (UL1 TR000135)
Article History
Received: 26 May 2017
Accepted: 4 September 2017
First Online: 26 September 2017
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The Mayo Clinic Institutional Review Board (IRB) approved the study (study no. 14-003798). For the retrospective study, the IRB granted a waiver of informed consent. Study personnel verified that all patients granted authorization for use of their medical records for research as required by Minnesota state law. All participants in the prospective substudy provided written informed consent.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.