ANCA-associated Vasculitis

Contributors

GUEST EDITORS

BARRI J. FESSLER, MDAssociate Professor of Medicine, Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology,University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama

S. LOUIS BRIDGES Jr, MD, PhDMarguerite Jones Harbert-Gene V. Ball, MD Professor of Medicine; Director, Divisionof Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham,Birmingham, Alabama

AUTHORS

CHIARA BALDINI, MD, PhDRheumatology Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

GENE V. BALL, MDProfessor Emeritus, Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Universityof Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama

STEFANO BOMBARDIERI, MDProfessor of Rheumatology Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Pisa,Pisa, Italy

SHARON A. CHUNG, MD, MASAssistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Rosalind Russell MedicalResearch Center for Arthritis, University of California, San Francisco, California

JULIA FLINT, MBBSFoundation Year 2 Doctor, Birmingham Children’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; RenalImmunobiology, School of Immunity and Infection, College of Medical and DentalSciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

ANGELO L. GAFFO, MD, MSPHAssociate Professor of Medicine, Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology,University of Alabama at Birmingham and Birmingham VA Medical Center, Birmingham,Alabama

WOLFGANG L. GROSS, MD, PhDProfessor of Medicine, Director, Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology,Vasculitis Center, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Bad Bramstedt, Germany

JULIA U. HOLLE, MDConsultant Rheumatologist, Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology,Vasculitis Center, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Calikum Bad Bramstedt,Germany

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CEES G.M. KALLENBERG, MD, PhDProfessor of Clinical Immunology, Department of Rheumatology and ClinicalImmunology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen,Groningen, The Netherlands

ANUP A. KUBAL, MDInstructor, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami,Miami, Florida

MARTIN LAUDIEN, MDConsultant Otorhinolaryngologist, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and NeckSurgery, University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany

RAASHID LUQMANI, DM, FRCP, FRCP(E)Consultant Rheumatologist and Senior Lecturer, Department of Rheumatology, NuffieldOrthopaedic Centre, Oxford, United Kingdom

MATTHEW D. MORGAN, PhD, MRCPLocum Senior Lecturer Renal Medicine, Renal Immunobiology, School of Immunityand Infection, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham,Birmingham, United Kingdom

ELEANA NTATSAKI, MRCPSpecialist Registrar in Rheumatology, Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust, Ipswich,United Kingdom

VICTOR L. PEREZ, MDAssociate Professor of Opthalmology, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Miller Schoolof Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida

JOANNA ROBSON, MBBS, PhD, MRCPRheumatology Specialist Registrar, Department of Rheumatology, Nuffield Orthopaedic,Centre, Oxford, United Kingdom

ALESSANDRA DELLA ROSSA, MD, PhDRheumatology Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

ABRAHAM RUTGERS, MD, PhDAssistant Professor of Clinical Immunology, Department of Rheumatology and ClinicalImmunology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen,The Netherlands

JAN S.F. SANDERS, MD, PhDAssistant Professor, Department of Nephrology, University Medical Center Groningen,University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

CAROLINE O.S. SAVAGE, FRCP, FMedSciProfessor of Nephrology, Renal Immunobiology, School of Immunity and Infection,College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham,United Kingdom

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DAVID G.I. SCOTT, MD, FRCPHonorary Professor, School of Medicine, Health Policy and Practice, University of EastAnglia; Consultant Rheumatologist, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital NHSFoundation Trust, Norwich, United Kingdom

PHILIP SEO, MDAssistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Co-Director, The JohnsHopkins Vasculitis Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine,Baltimore, Maryland

COEN A. STEGEMAN, MD, PhDAssociate Professor, Department of Nephrology, University Medical Center Groningen,University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

RAVI SUPPIAH, BHB, MBChB, PGDipSMRheumatology Fellow, Department of Rheumatology, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre,Oxford, United Kingdom

ROSARIA TALARICO, MD, PhDRheumatology Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

RICHARD A. WATTS, DM, FRCPConsultant Rheumatologist, Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust, Ipswich; Clinical SeniorLecturer, School of Medicine, Health Policy and Practice, University of East Anglia,Norwich, United Kingdom

STEFAN WIECZOREK, MDDepartment of Human Genetics, Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany

ALLAN S. WIIK, MD, PhDEmeritus Director, Department of Autoimmunology; Consultant, Department ofBiochemistry and Immunology, Statens Serum Institut, Artillerivej,Copenhagen S, Denmark