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Hiromu ItoDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, JapanCorrespondence[email protected]

Masayo KojimaDepartment of Public Health, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan

Keiichiro NishidaDepartment of Human Morphology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Okayama, Japan

Isao MatsushitaDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan

Toshihisa KojimaDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Nagoya University Hospital, Nagoya, Japan

Takeo NakayamaDepartment of Health Informatics, Kyoto University School of Public Health, Kyoto, Japan

Hirahito EndoDivision of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Toho University, Tokyo, Japan

Shintaro HirataThe First Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan

Yuko KanekoDivision of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Yutaka KawahitoDepartment of Inflammation and Immunology, Graduate school of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

Mitsumasa KishimotoImmuno-Rheumatology Center, St Luke's International Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

Yohei SetoInstitute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan

Naoyuki KamataniInstitute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan

Kiichiro TsutaniDepartment of Drug Policy and Management, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Ataru IgarashiDepartment of Drug Policy and Management, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Mieko HasegawaThe Japan Rheumatism Friendship Association, Tokyo, Japan

Nobuyuki MiyasakaTokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan

Hisashi YamanakaInstitute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan

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