Johnson, Michael E. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8077-000X
Franks, Jennifer M. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2400-5431
Cai, Guoshuai http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5331-1297
Mehta, Bhaven K. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1077-7895
Wood, Tammara A. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4370-1398
Archambault, Kimberly http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6390-9815
Pioli, Patricia A. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6896-7259
Simms, Robert W. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0101-1807
Orzechowski, Nicole http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7494-5240
Arron, Sarah http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5669-0627
Whitfield, Michael L. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0862-6003
Funding for this research was provided by:
U.S. Department of Defense (W81XWH-14-1-0224)
Scleroderma Research Foundation
Article History
Received: 18 July 2018
Accepted: 8 January 2019
First Online: 6 February 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Study participants provided written, informed consent prior to sample collection in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki Protocol and the Institutional Review Boards of Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, and the Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY.
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