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Affiliations

• ¹ Rheumatology Unit - Department of Emergence Medicine and Transplantation (DETO), Università degli Studi di Bari Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia, Bari, Puglia, Italy fabio.cacciapaglia79@gmail.com.
• ² Internal Medicine, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy.
• ³ Specialità Mediche - Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria di Sassari, UOC Reumatologia, Sassari, Italy.
• ⁴ Chair and Rheumatology Unit, University Clinic AOU Cagliari, Monserrato, CA, Italy.
• ⁵ Division of Rheumatology, University of Pavia, IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo Foundation, Pavia, Italy.
• ⁶ Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University and Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata of Verona, Verona, Italy.
• ⁷ Division of Rheumatology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
• ⁸ Institute of Rheumatology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore.
• ⁹ Dipartimento di Medicina Interna e Specialità Mediche - Reumatologia, Universita degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza, Roma, Italy.
• ¹⁰ Rheumatology Unit, University of Messina Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Messina, Sicilia, Italy.
• ¹¹ Department of Medicine, University of Perugia, Rheumatology Unit, Perugia, Italy.