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2Greater Manchester Neurosciences Centre, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Stott Lane, UK 3Institute of Rheumatology, Prague, Czech Republic 4Department of Rheumatology, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China 5University College London GOS Institute of Child Health and NIHR GOSH Biomedical Research Centre, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, London, UK 6Department of Rheumatology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark 7Department of Neurology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany 8Myositis UK, Southampton, UK 9Département de Médecine Interne et Immunologie Clinique, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, AP-HP, UPMC, Paris, France 10Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche e Molecolari, Clinica Medica, Università Politecnica delle Marche and Ospedali Riuniti, Ancona, Italy 11Division of Immunology, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary 12Department of Rheumatology, Bach Mai Hospital, Hanoi Medical University, Hanoi, Vietnam 13División de Medicina Interna, Servicio de Reumatología, PNPC 004086, CONACyT, Hospital Civil Dr Juan I Menchaca, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Salvador Quevedo y Zubieta S/N, Guadalajara, Mexico 14Department of Rheumatology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway 15Department of Neurology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium 16Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland 17Department of Rheumatology, Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK 18Department of Rheumatology, Arcispedale S Maria Nuova-IRCCS of Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy 19Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Royal United Hospitals Bath, Bath, UK 20Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University of Bath, Bath, UK 21MRC-ARUK Institute for Ageing and Chronic Disease, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK 22Division of Population Health, Health Services Research and Primary Care, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, School of Health Sciences, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK 23ZiteLab ApS, Frederiksberg, Denmark 24Unit of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden 25Rheumatology Department, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Salford, UK 26The National Institute for Health Research Manchester Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK