Wright, Rachael D. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7606-2297
Dimou, Paraskevi
Northey, Sarah J.
Beresford, Michael W.
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Alder Hey Clinical Research Facility for Experimental Medicine (n/a)
Alder Hey Children's Kidney Fund (n/a)
Versus Arthritis (n/a)
Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust (n/a)
Alder Hey Charity (n/a)
University of Liverpool (n/a)
LUPUS UK (n/a)
Article History
Received: 29 July 2019
Accepted: 5 November 2019
First Online: 14 November 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: All methods reported here were carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations of the University of Liverpool. All experimental protocols were reviewed and approved by the North West – Liverpool East Research Ethics Committee (UK JSLE Cohort Study and Repository – REC: 06/Q1502/77). Informed consent was obtained from all subjects, or if subjects are under 18, from a parent and/or legal guardian.
: Written informed consent was obtained from the patient/parent or guardian if under 18 years of age for publication of their anonymised details in this manuscript. The consent forms are held by the Experimental Arthritis Treatment Centre for Children (EATC4Children) and are available for review by the Editor-in-Chief.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.