Cutolo, Maurizio
Soldano, Stefano
Montagna, Paola
Trombetta, Amelia Chiara
Contini, Paola
Ruaro, Barbara
Sulli, Alberto
Scabini, Stefano
Stratta, Emanuela
Paolino, Sabrina
Pizzorni, Carmen
Smith, Vanessa
Brizzolara, Renata
Funding for this research was provided by:
Bristol-Myers Squibb (contract number: 30942839)
Article History
Received: 20 March 2018
Accepted: 22 June 2018
First Online: 27 July 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study was approved by the ethics committee of the IRCCS San Martino Polyclinic of Genoa (protocol number 273-REG-2015). All SSc patients and HSs provided informed consent.
: Not applicable.
: MC has obtained research funds from BMS, Actelion, Celgene, Boehringer. The remaining authors declare that they have no competing interests.
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