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EDITOR ASSOCIATE EDITORS MANUSCRIPTS REPRINTS Earl D. Silverman Joseph Beyene Carlyle Rodrigo Domenica Lagana MANAGING EDITOR Dafna D. Gladman Lindsay Bonello-MacNeil ADMINISTRATION Yvonne Pigott Sindhu R. Johnson EDITORIAL Violeta Turalba ADVERTISING MANAGER Eric M. Ruderman Carol Damioli SUBSCRIPTIONS Pat Tramley Murray B. Urowitz Tina Jin Trudy Deamude Zameer Zahir

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Jonathan Adachi John M. Esdaile Robert G. Lambert Janet E. Pope HAMILTON, ON, CANADA VANCOUVER, BC, CANADA EDMONTON, AB, CANADA LONDON, ON, CANADA Graciela S. Alarcon David T. Felson Robert B. Landewé Manuel Ramos-Casals BIRMINGHAM, AL, USA BOSTON, MA, USA AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS BARCELONA, SPAIN Marta E. Alarcon-Riquelme Marvin J. Fritzler Nancy Lane Angelo Ravelli OKLAHOMA CITY, OK, USA CALGARY, AB, CANADA SACRAMENTO, CA, USA GENOA, ITALY Yannick Allanore Daniel E. Furst Ronald M. Laxer Philip C. Robinson PARIS, FRANCE LOS ANGELES, CA, USA TORONTO, ON, CANADA BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA Xenofon Baraliakos Sherine E. Gabriel Geoffrey O. Littlejohn Nicolini Ruperto HERNE, GERMANY NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ, USA MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA GENOA, ITALY Timothy Beukelman Miguel A. Gonzalez-Gay Alphonse T. Masi Anthony S. Russell BIRMINGHAM, AL, USA SANTANDER, SPAIN PEORIA, IL, USA EDMONTON, AB, CANADA Maarten Boers Peter C. Grayson Marco Matucci-Cerinic Jorge Sanchez-Guerrero AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS BETHESDA, MD, USA FLORENCE, ITALY TORONTO, ON, CANADA Earl R. Bogoch Bevra H. Hahn Gale A. McCarty Rotraud K. Saurenmann TORONTO, ON, CANADA LOS ANGELES, CA, USA SANTA MONICA, CA, USA ZURICH, SWITZERLAND Kenneth D. Brandt John G. Hanly Henri A. Ménard H. Ralph Schumacher, Jr. FAIRWAY, KS, USA HALIFAX, NS, CANADA MONTREAL, PQ, CANADA PHILADELPHIA, PA, USA Matthew Brown Gillian A. Hawker Olivier C. Meyer Tuulikki Sokka-Isler QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA TORONTO, ON, CANADA PARIS, FRANCE JYVASKYLA, FINLAND Gerd R. Burmester Philip S. Helliwell Chi Chiu Mok Virginia D. Steen BERLIN, GERMANY LEEDS, UK HONG KONG, PRC WASHINGTON, DC, USA Jeffrey P. Callen Gary S. Hoffman Larry W. Moreland Vibeke Strand LOUISVILLE, KY, USA CLEVELAND, OH, USA PITTSBURGH, PA, USA PORTOLA VALLEY, CA, USA John J. Cush Marie Hudson Haralampos Moutsopoulos Tsutomu Takeuchi DALLAS, TX, USA MONTREAL, QC, CANADA ATHENS, GREECE TOKYO, JAPAN Laura C. Coates Gene C. Hunder Tuhina Neogi Gunnar Tomasson LEEDS, UK ROCHESTER, MN, USA BOSTON, MA, USA REYKJAVIK, ICELAND Cynthia S. Crowson Robert D. Inman Ola Nived Suzanne M.M. Verstappen ROCHESTER, MN, USA TORONTO, ON, CANADA LUND, SWEDEN MANCHESTER, UK László Czirják David A. Isenberg Michael Nurmohamed Daniel J. Wallace PÉCS, HUNGARY LONDON, UK AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS LOS ANGELES, CA, USA Bhaskar Dasgupta J. Charles Jennette Ignazio Olivieri Michael M. Ward WESTCLIFF-ON-SEA, UK CHAPEL HILL, NC, USA POTENZA, ITALY BETHESDA, MD, USA John M. Davis, III Edward C. Keystone Terence W. O’Neill Pamela F. Weiss ROCHESTER, MN, USA TORONTO, ON, CANADA MANCHESTER, UK PHILADELPHIA, PA, USA Christopher P. Denton Dinesh Khanna Eliseo Pascual Frederick Wolfe LONDON, UK ANN ARBOR, MI, USA ALICANTE, SPAIN WICHITA, KS, USA Patrick H. Dessein Joel M. Kremer Michelle A. Petri Yuqing Zhang BRUSSELS, BELGIUM ALBANY, NY, USA BALTIMORE, MD, USA BOSTON, MA, USA Maxime Dougados Masataka Kuwana Theodore Pincus PARIS, FRANCE TOKYO, JAPAN CHICAGO, IL, USA The Journal of Rheumatology (ISSN 0315-162X) is Copyright © 2017. All rights reserved. Return published monthly for $350.00 per year by The Journal of postage guaranteed. PERIODICAL POSTAGE USPS Rheumatology Publishing Co. Ltd. Publication office address: 737-930 AT BUFFALO, NY. US Postmaster send The Journal of Rheumatology, 365 Bloor Street East, Suite 901 address changes to The Journal of Rheumatology, Toronto, ON Canada M4W 3L4; E-mail: [email protected] 1051 Clinton St., Buffalo, NY 14206-2823. 1051 Clinton St., Buffalo, NY 14206-2823.