Bertsias, Antonios https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3515-2488
Flouri, Irini https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6966-1304
Emmanouilidou, Evgenia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7584-203X
Repa, Argyro https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1044-2449
Avgoustidis, Nestor https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3436-4016
Kalogiannaki, Eleni https://orcid.org/0009-0004-7930-3545
Pitsigavdaki, Sofia https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9422-3931
Bertsias, Georgios https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5299-1406
Sidiropoulos, Prodromos https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9607-0326
Funding for this research was provided by:
The "Pancretan Health Organization”
“Hellenic Society of Rheumatology”
Article History
Received: 8 October 2025
Accepted: 5 January 2026
First Online: 24 January 2026
Declarations
:
: Ethical approval was obtained from the Institutional Review-Board of the University Hospital of Heraklion, Crete (decision-number:1476/20-03-2012). All participants provided written informed consents.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.