Letter

J. Reeve, Mark Lunt, Willi A. Kalender1, Jan Dequeker2, Ivo Jajić3, R Lorenc, H.A.P. Pols4, Gyula Poór, Jan J. Stepan
1Erlangen-Nürnburg, Friedrich Alexander Universität, Erlangen, Germany
2Arthritis and Metabolic Bone Disease Research Unit, KU Leuven, Pellenberg, Belgium
3Rheumatology Department, Clinical Hospital “Sestre milosrdnice”, Zagreb, Croatia
4Department of Internal Medicine III, Erasmus University Medical School, PO Box 1738, 3000 DR, Rotterdam, Netherlands

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