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provided by Elsevier - Publisher Connector The Egyptian Rheumatologist Editorial Board Editor in Chief Tamer A Gheita, M.D. Professor of Rheumatology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University President of the Egyptian Society of Joint Diseases and Arthritis Ayman K El-Garf, M.D. Professor of Rheumatology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University Associate Editors Abir N Mokbel, M.D. Hania S Zayed, M.D. Rheumatology Department, Rheumatology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University Cairo University

Editorial Board Members Abd El-Moneim Helal, M.D. Mohamed Reda Awad, M.D. Professor of Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, Professor of Rheumatology and Rehabilitation Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Egypt Military Center, Agouza, Giza, Egypt Abd El-Samad El-Hewala, M.D. Mohammed Hammoudah, M.D., FACP Professor of Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, Professor of Rheumatology, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Egypt Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar Adel Mahmoud, M.D. Marco Matucci-Cerinic, M.D., Ph.D. Professor of Internal Medicine, Professor of Rheumatology, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Egypt University of Florence, Italy Bassel El-Zorkany, M.D. Salwa El-Cheikh, M.D. Professor of Rheumatology, Professor of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt Faculty of Medicine, Damascus University, Syria Daniel Furst, M.D. Samia Faddah, M.D. Professor of Rheumatology, Professor of Rheumatology, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), USA Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt Geilan Mahmoud, M.D. Samia Salah, M.D. Professor of Rheumatology, Professor of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt Hassan Bassiouni, M.D. Samia Zaki, M.D. Professor of Rheumatology, Professor of Rheumatology, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Egypt Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt Khaled El-Hadidi, M.D. Samir El-Badawy, M.D. Professor of Rheumatology, Professor of Rheumatology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt Khaled Sorour, M.D. Tahsin El-Hadidi, FRCP Professor of Rheumatology, Professor of Rheumatology, Sixth October University Hospital, Cairo, Egypt Former President of the ILAR Loı¨c Guillevin, M.D. Xenofon Baraliakos, M.D. Professor of Internal Medicine, Cochin Hospital Professor of Rheumatology, Rheumatism Center, Faculty of Medicine, Paris-Descartes University, France Ruhrgebiet Herne, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany Mohamed Abd El-Hafez, M.D. Professor of Rheumatology, Maadi Military Hospital, Cairo, Egypt Editorial Office [email protected]