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Herman, Amin
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van Bon, Lenny
Jansen, Tim L. T. A.
van Kuijk, Arno W. R.
Kok, Marc R.
Leijten, Emmerik F. A.
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van Tubergen, Astrid M.
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Funding for this research was provided by:
Health Holland Top Sector Life Sciences & Health (LSHM17074)
Article History
Received: 15 January 2026
Accepted: 4 March 2026
First Online: 12 March 2026
Declarations
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: All patients provided written informed consent. The study was carried out in compliance with the Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the Medical Research Ethics Committee in Utrecht, Netherlands (MREC reference number: NL63439.041.17).
: Not applicable.
: H.E.V. is paid consultant for (pharmaceutical) companies Abbvie, Novartis, Pfizer, UCB, Johnson and Johnson, Alphasigma, he received speaker fees from AstraZeneca, Lilly, Pfizer, and he received research grants from (pharmaceutical) companies: Galapagos and Boehringer Ingelheim. S.C.M. is supported by ReumaNederland LLP-9. J.S. received research grants from ReumaNederland, Vifor, Vasculitis Stichting, Zeldzame Ziektenfonds and Miltenyi Biotec, and she received speaker fees from Boehringer Ingelheim, Janssen and Novartis. The remaining authors declare that they have no competing interests.