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Participating clinical investigators for the MEDAL programme by study and region MEDAL study North America Jonathan Derrick Jun Adachi, Charlton Medical Centre, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; Thomas M Adams, Primary Care Research, Murray, Kentucky; Thomas Charles Adamson III, Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Group, Inc, San Diego, California; Angela M Adelizzi, Shore Health Group, Toms River, New Jersey; Alan J Adler, American Health Network, Kokomo Family Care, Kokomo, Indiana; Jay L Adler, Clinicos, LLC, Colorado Springs, Colorado; Bruce J Alexander, North Texas Clinical Research, Irving, Texas; Jeffrey Alper, Melbourne Internal Medicine Associates, Melbourne, Florida; Lawrence K Alwine, Downingtown Family Medicine and Brandywine Clinical Research, Downingtown, Pennsylvania; Maurice A Archuleta, Wheatridge Family Clinic, Wheat Ridge, Colorado; Gordon B Arnold, Regional Physicians Research, High Point, North Carolina; Stephen D Arnold, Straub Clinic and Hospital, Honolulu, Hawaii; Joseph Ashwal, Frederick, Maryland; John F Assini, Schenectady, New York; George J Atiee, San Antonio, Texas; Hilario Avila Armengol, Antiguo Hospital Civil de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico; John Franklyn Babich, Carolina Bone and Joint, The Arthritis Clinic, Charlotte, North Carolina; Michael R Baker, Arthritis Associates of Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs, Colorado; Herbert S B Baraf, Arthritis and Rheumatism Associates, Wheaton, Maryland; Stephan A Bart, Sr, Radiant Research, Gainesville, Florida; Michael Barth, Silver Spring, Maryland; Gary Bayliss, Lewis-Gale Physicians, LLC, Salem, Virginia; Harold E Bays, Louisville Metabolic and Atherosclerosis Research Center, Louisville, Kentucky; Carol A Beals, Beals Institute, Lansing, Michigan; Andre Beaulieu, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Laval (CHUL), Sainte-Foy, Quebec, Canada; Mary J Bell, Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; James R Bellor, Jr, Columbia Medical Practice, Columbia, Maryland; Clyde J Bench, IHC Clinical Research Foundation, Salt Lake City, Utah; Ramsin M Benyamin, Central Illinois Neuroscience Foundation, Bloomington, Illinois; Martin Bergman, Ridley Park, Pennsylvania; Jack G Bertolino, Lewiston, New York; Thomas Deverell Bianchi, Community Medical Plaza, Tallassee, Alabama; Charles Allen Birbara, Clinical Pharmacology Study Group, Worcester, Massachusetts; Patricia Lanoie Blanchette, Kuakini Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii; Ellen Blanton, Desert Medical Group, Inc, Palm Springs, California; Alan Stuart Bock, Accelovance, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Brian Thomas Bock, Lederach Family Practice, Harleysville, Pennsylvania; Barry I Bockow, Seattle, Washington; Vera Bocoun, Marshfield Clinic, Wausau, Wisconsin; Gilles Boire, Centre Universitaire de Sante de L'Estrie Rhumatologie - CUSE Fleurimont, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada; Michael Bolognese, Bethesda Health Research, Bethesda, Maryland; R Peter Bonafede, Providence Arthritis Center, Portland, Oregon; Stephen A Bookbinder, Ocala Rheumatology Research Center, Ocala, Florida; Arthur Allan Melvin Bookman,Toronto Hospital Western Division, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; David G Borenstein, Center for Rheumatology and Bone Research, Washington, DC; Michael A Borofsky, Clinical Research Center of Reading, West Reading, Pennsylvania; Gary R Botstein, Decatur, Georgia; Eileen M Brady, Lovelace Scientific Resources, Inc, Albuquerque, New Mexico; Milan L Brandon, California Research Foundation, San Diego, California; Elizabeth M Bretton, Albuquerque Clinical Trials, Albuquerque, New Mexico; Jacques P Brown, Centre de l'osteoporose et de rhumatologie de Qc, Sainte- Foy, Quebec, Canada; Francis X Burch, Radiant Research, San Antonio, Texas; Robert Burton, Crest Clinical Trials, Inc, Anaheim, California; Mark Buseck, Orthopaedic Surgeons, Inc, Erie, Pennsylvania; Charles Lee Buttz, Coventry Family Care, Pottstown, Pennsylvania; LeRoy J Byrd, Rowan Research, Inc, Spokane, Washington; James P Capo Jr, Executive Health and Research Associates Inc, Atlanta, Georgia; David Carfagna, Radiant Research, Phoenix, Arizona; Kent D Carpenter, University Medical Associates, Huntsville, North Carolina; George W Carr, Jefferson City Medical Group, Research Department, Jefferson City, Missouri; Michael Casser, TKL Research Incorporated, Paramus, New Jersey; Jenecsis R Castro- Skoglund, Research Associates of Central Illinois, Peoria, Illinois; Timothy S Caudill, University of Kentucky, A B Chandler Medical Center/Kentucky Clinic, Lexington, Kentucky; Walter F Chase, Austin, Texas; Prem C Chatpar, Plainview, New York; Deanna G Cheung, Memorial Research Medical Clinic, Inc, Long Beach, California; Vishala L Chindalore, Pinnacle Research Group, Anniston Medical Clinic, Anniston, Alabama; Allen L Chodock, Mamaroneck, New York; Denis Choquette, Institut de Rhumatologie de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Jim Christensen, Nevada Access to Research and Education, Las Vegas, Nevada; Shane Glade Christensen, J Lewis Research, Inc/Foothill Family Clinic

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Participating clinical investigators for the MEDAL programme by study and region MEDAL study North America Jonathan Derrick Jun Adachi, Charlton Medical Centre, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; Thomas M Adams, Primary Care Research, Murray, Kentucky; Thomas Charles Adamson III, Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Group, Inc, San Diego, California; Angela M Adelizzi, Shore Health Group, Toms River, New Jersey; Alan J Adler, American Health Network, Kokomo Family Care, Kokomo, Indiana; Jay L Adler, Clinicos, LLC, Colorado Springs, Colorado; Bruce J Alexander, North Texas Clinical Research, Irving, Texas; Jeffrey Alper, Melbourne Internal Medicine Associates, Melbourne, Florida; Lawrence K Alwine, Downingtown Family Medicine and Brandywine Clinical Research, Downingtown, Pennsylvania; Maurice A Archuleta, Wheatridge Family Clinic, Wheat Ridge, Colorado; Gordon B Arnold, Regional Physicians Research, High Point, North Carolina; Stephen D Arnold, Straub Clinic and Hospital, Honolulu, Hawaii; Joseph Ashwal, Frederick, Maryland; John F Assini, Schenectady, New York; George J Atiee, San Antonio, Texas; Hilario Avila Armengol, Antiguo Hospital Civil de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico; John Franklyn Babich, Carolina Bone and Joint, The Arthritis Clinic, Charlotte, North Carolina; Michael R Baker, Arthritis Associates of Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs, Colorado; Herbert S B Baraf, Arthritis and Rheumatism Associates, Wheaton, Maryland; Stephan A Bart, Sr, Radiant Research, Gainesville, Florida; Michael Barth, Silver Spring, Maryland; Gary Bayliss, Lewis-Gale Physicians, LLC, Salem, Virginia; Harold E Bays, Louisville Metabolic and Atherosclerosis Research Center, Louisville, Kentucky; Carol A Beals, Beals Institute, Lansing, Michigan; Andre Beaulieu, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Laval (CHUL), Sainte-Foy, Quebec, Canada; Mary J Bell, Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; James R Bellor, Jr, Columbia Medical Practice, Columbia, Maryland; Clyde J Bench, IHC Clinical Research Foundation, Salt Lake City, Utah; Ramsin M Benyamin, Central Illinois Neuroscience Foundation, Bloomington, Illinois; Martin Bergman, Ridley Park, Pennsylvania; Jack G Bertolino, Lewiston, New York; Thomas Deverell Bianchi, Community Medical Plaza, Tallassee, Alabama; Charles Allen Birbara, Clinical Pharmacology Study Group, Worcester, Massachusetts; Patricia Lanoie Blanchette, Kuakini Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii; Ellen Blanton, Desert Medical Group, Inc, Palm Springs, California; Alan Stuart Bock, Accelovance, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Brian Thomas Bock, Lederach Family Practice, Harleysville, Pennsylvania; Barry I Bockow, Seattle, Washington; Vera Bocoun, Marshfield Clinic, Wausau, Wisconsin; Gilles Boire, Centre Universitaire de Sante de L'Estrie Rhumatologie - CUSE Fleurimont, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada; Michael Bolognese, Bethesda Health Research, Bethesda, Maryland; R Peter Bonafede, Providence Arthritis Center, Portland, Oregon; Stephen A Bookbinder, Ocala Rheumatology Research Center, Ocala, Florida; Arthur Allan Melvin Bookman,Toronto Hospital Western Division, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; David G Borenstein, Center for Rheumatology and Bone Research, Washington, DC; Michael A Borofsky, Clinical Research Center of Reading, West Reading, Pennsylvania; Gary R Botstein, Decatur, Georgia; Eileen M Brady, Lovelace Scientific Resources, Inc, Albuquerque, New Mexico; Milan L Brandon, California Research Foundation, San Diego, California; Elizabeth M Bretton, Albuquerque Clinical Trials, Albuquerque, New Mexico; Jacques P Brown, Centre de l'osteoporose et de rhumatologie de Qc, Sainte-Foy, Quebec, Canada; Francis X Burch, Radiant Research, San Antonio, Texas; Robert Burton, Crest Clinical Trials, Inc, Anaheim, California; Mark Buseck, Orthopaedic Surgeons, Inc, Erie, Pennsylvania; Charles Lee Buttz, Coventry Family Care, Pottstown, Pennsylvania; LeRoy J Byrd, Rowan Research, Inc, Spokane, Washington; James P Capo Jr, Executive Health and Research Associates Inc, Atlanta, Georgia; David Carfagna, Radiant Research, Phoenix, Arizona; Kent D Carpenter, University Medical Associates, Huntsville, North Carolina; George W Carr, Jefferson City Medical Group, Research Department, Jefferson City, Missouri; Michael Casser, TKL Research Incorporated, Paramus, New Jersey; Jenecsis R Castro-Skoglund, Research Associates of Central Illinois, Peoria, Illinois; Timothy S Caudill, University of Kentucky, A B Chandler Medical Center/Kentucky Clinic, Lexington, Kentucky; Walter F Chase, Austin, Texas; Prem C Chatpar, Plainview, New York; Deanna G Cheung, Memorial Research Medical Clinic, Inc, Long Beach, California; Vishala L Chindalore, Pinnacle Research Group, Anniston Medical Clinic, Anniston, Alabama; Allen L Chodock, Mamaroneck, New York; Denis Choquette, Institut de Rhumatologie de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Jim Christensen, Nevada Access to Research and Education, Las Vegas, Nevada; Shane Glade Christensen, J Lewis Research, Inc/Foothill Family Clinic

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South, Salt Lake City, Utah; Alfred Cividino, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; Frank A Civitarese, Preferred Primary Care Physicians, Inc, Carnegie, Pennsylvania; David A Claassen, International Institute of Clinical Research, Ozark, Alabama; Philip E Clifford, Triangel Orthopaedic Associates, Durham, North Carolina; Christine E Codding, Health Research Institute, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Daniel H Cohen, Rheumatology Consultants, LLP, Hewlett, New York; Lisa M Cohen,Suncoast Clinical Research, New Port Richey, Florida; Selwyn A Cohen, Clinical Research Consultants, Stratford, Connecticut; Stephen C Cohen, Sun Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas; Gregory Vincent Collins, Charlotte Clinical Research Inc, Charlotte, North Carolina; Harry Collins, Anderson and Collins Clinical Research, Inc, Edison, New Jersey; Kathleen Collins, Christie Clinic, Champaign, Illinois; Michael Clagett Collins, Clinical Research Consultants, Inc, Hoover, Alabama; Ronald Leroy Collins, Columbia Arthritis Center, Columbia, South Carolina; Scott E Conard, TienaHealth, Tiena Health Research, Irving, Texas; James L Conrad, TriValley Primary Care, Perkasie, Pennsylvania; Jill M Constantine, Jeannette, Pennsylvania; John M Conte, Rheumatology Associates, Providence, Rhode Island; Martin J Conway, Lovelace Scientific Resources, Inc, Albuquerque, New Mexico; Gregg O Coodley, Fanno Creek Clinic, Portland, Oregon; Richard A Cook, Preferred Primary Care Physicians, Inc, Uniontown, Pennsylvania; Lydia G Corn, Visions Clinical Research, Sarasota, Florida; Bruce C Corser, Community Research, Cincinnati, Ohio; Cormac Coyle, Clinical Research Center of Cape Cod, Inc, West Yarmouth, Massachusetts; Jeffrey Lee Craig, Sterling Research Group, Cincinnati, Ohio; Mary Ellen Csuka, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Gina G Davis, MedSource, Inc, Richmond, Virginia; Leon N Davis, Extended Arm Physicians, Inc, Montgomery, Alabama; Mark E Davis, Marshfield Clinic, Wausau, Wisconsin; William F Davitt Jr, Corona Research Clinical Studies, El Paso, Texas; Peter M G Deane, Allergy Asthma Immunology Research Center, Rochester, New York; Gregory J DeLorenzo, Group Health Associates, Cincinnati, Ohio; Donald M Denmark, Northview Family Practice, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Emanuel Philip DeNoia, Healthcare Discoveries, San Antonio, Texas; Robert Detweiler, Detweiler Family Medicine and Associates, Lansdale, Pennsylvania; Meera Dewan, Omaha, Nebraska; Peter Dews, Alliance Healthcare System/Cognate Research, Holly Springs, Mississippi; Margaret A Drehobl, Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation, San Diego, California; James N Dreyfus, Medical Specialists, Clinical Research Center, Munster, Indiana; Shelly Dunmyer, Pharmacotherapy Research Associates, Inc, Zanesville, Ohio; John Keith Earl, Unifour Medical Research Associates, Hickory, North Carolina; Richard R Eckert, Roanoke, Virginia; Michael H Edwards, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky; William M Edwards, Low Country Rheumatology, Charleston, South Carolina; Wendy R Eider, Rheumatology Northwest PLLC, Clinical Trials Northwest, Yakima, Washington; Gerald M Eisenberg, Illinois Bone and Joint Institute, Morton Grove, Illinois; Hani El Gabalawy, Arthritis Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; Amin Elashker, Hudson Valley Clinical Research Center, Kingston, New York; Steven K Elliott, Medisphere Medical Research Center, Evansville, Indiana; Graham Ellis, Helderberg Osteoporosis Clinic, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Ronald D Emkey Jr, Radiant Research Reading, Wyomissing, Pennsylvania; H Walter Emori, Osteoporosis Center, Medford, Oregon; Edward E Engel, Arthritis Associates, Erie, Pennsylvania; John E Ervin, Center for Pharmaceutical Research, Kansas City, Kansas; John Esdaile, Arthritis Research Centre of Canada, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Jorge Valerio Esquivel, Hospital Universitario de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico; Brandon Essink, Meridian Clinical Research, Omaha, Nebraska; David S Estock, Wilmington, Delaware; Robert Emil Ettlinger, Tacoma, Washington; David A Evanko, Butler Medical Associates, Chicora Medical Center, Chicora, Pennsylvania; Timothy C Fagan, University Health Care, North Hills Center, Tucson, Arizona; Sohrab Fallahi, Montgomery Rheumatology Associates, Montgomery, Alabama; Harry Frank Farmer Jr, Radiant Research, Daytona Beach, Florida; Mildred V Farmer, Meridien Research, Tampa, Florida; Cecil Murray Farrington, Jr, Crescent Medical Research, Salisbury, North Carolina; Ira F Fenton, Deerbrook Medical Associates, Vernon Hills, Illinois; Harold J Fields, Village Family Practice Clinic, Houston, Texas; Guy Fiocco, Gundersen Clinic, Ltd, La Crosse, Wisconsin; Chester L Fisher Jr, Health Research of Hampton Roads, Newport News, Virginia; Mark Fisher, Wellness Center at Haddon, Haddon Heights, New Jersey; Alan Fishman, Laureate Clinical Research Group, Atlanta, Georgia; Ritchard Fishman, Pico Rivera, California; Darrell N Fiske, Radiant Research Stuart, Stuart, Florida; Mary Ann Fitzcharles, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Roy Mitchell Fleischmann, Radiant Research, Dallas, Texas; Steven Don Folkerth, Clinical Research Center of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada; Ray Forbes, Internist Associates of Central New York, Syracuse, New York; Joseph Z Forstot, Rheumatology Associates of South Florida, Clinical Research Center, Boca Raton, Florida; Miguel A Franco, MCA Research, Houston, Texas; Asad D Fraser, Graves-Gilbert Clinic, Bowling Green, Kentucky; Neil J Fraser, Troy Internal Medicine Research, Troy, Michigan; Robert L Freed, Clinical

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Interventions Research Institute, Mission Viejo, California; Amy E Freeth, Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital, Cooperstown, New York; David L Fried, Omega Medical Research, Warwick, Rhode Island; Jeffrey Friedlander, Neurology and Pain Center, Lakeland, Florida; H S Eugene Fung, Arthritis & Osteoporosis Clinic, Waco, Texas; Francis J Gallagher, Radiant Research Reading, Wyomissing, Pennsylvania; Walter N Gaman, North Texas Clinical Research, Irving, Texas; W Thomas Garland, Quick Care Medical, Trenton, New Jersey; Elizabeth C Gath, Upstate Clinical Research, Albany, New York; Brian D Geary, Radiant Research, Moorestown, New Jersey; Harry I Geisberg, Radiant Research, Anderson, South Carolina; David B George, Bluegrass Clinical Research Inc, Louisville, Kentucky; Steven L Gershon, Hilltop Medical Center, Virginia Beach, Virginia; Joseph S Gimbel, Arizona Research Center, Phoenix, Arizona; Geoffrey S Gladstein, Stamford Therapeutics Consortium, Stamford, Connecticut; F Michael Gloth III, Victory Springs, Inc, Reisterstown, Maryland; David H Goddard, Arthritis Associates LLC, Brooklyn, New York; Archana Goel, University of Florida Health Science Center Jacksonville, SHANDS Jacksonville Medical Center, Inc, Jacksonville, Florida; Eric Jay Goldberg, Palm Beach Research Center, West Palm Beach, Florida; Marc Alan Goldberg, New Jersey Physicians, Passaic, New Jersey; Brian C Golden, Plainview, New York; Allan L Goldman, Rheumatic Disease Center, Glendale, Wisconsin; Joshua B Goldman, Preferred Primary Care Physicians, Inc, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Ty Henry Goletz, Clinical Trials of Texas, Inc, San Antonio, Texas; Steven Golombek, Asthma and Arthritis Associates, Dover, New Jersey; Emilio Gonzales, Atlanta Medical Center, Atlanta, Georgia; Gloria Raychel Gonzales, Wasatch Clinical Research, Salt Lake City, Utah; Gary V Gordon, Wynnewood, Pennsylvania; Richard D Gordon, Arthritis Regional Research Center, Mercerville, New Jersey; Darrell E Gorman, Arvada, Colorado; William Gough III, Asheville Arthritis and Osteoporosis Center, Asheville, North Carolina; Galen E Graham, United Medical Associates, Johnson City, New York; Angel Green, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Veterans Hospital Research Service, San Juan, Puerto Rico; Maria White Greenwald, Desert Medical Advances, Palm Desert, California; John P Gresh, Renstar Medical Research, Ocala, Florida; Carl P Griffin, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Michael Guma, North Jersey Rheumatology Associates, Kearny, New Jersey; Sergio Ramon Gutierrez-Urena, Antiguo Hospital Civil de Guadalajara/Hospital Civil Fray Antonio Alcalde, Guadalajara, Mexico; Ira J Guttentag, Florida Medical Clinic, Clinical Research Division, Zephyrhills, Florida; Terrence C Hack, Primary Care Cardiology, Inc, Ayer, Massachusetts; Kevin V Hackshaw, Northwest Clinical Research Center, Columbus, Ohio; Dale G Halter, Houston Institute for Clinical Research, Houston, Texas; Frank C Hampel Jr, Central Texas Health Research, New Braunfels, Texas; Forrest Anthony Hanke, Trover Clinic, Madisonville, Kentucky; Lisa M Haris, Chase Wellness Center, Bariatric Medicine Radiology, Virginia Beach, Virginia; Duane J Harris, Intermountain Clinical Research, Salt Lake City, Utah; E Robert Harris, E Robert Harris Medical Corporation, Whittier, California; James T Hartford, Hartford Research Group, Florence, Kentucky; Paul A Hartley, Preferred Primary Care Physicians, Inc, Uniontown, Pennsylvania; Ronald R Harvey, Physicians' Research, Inc, Zanesville, Ohio; David R Hassman, Comprehensive Clinical Research, Berlin, New Jersey; Roger A Hatharasinghe, Carolina Pharmaceutical Research, Statesville, North Carolina; Howard W Hauptman, Baltimore, Maryland; Judy Heller, Mountain View Clinical Research, Inc, Denver, Colorado; Robert F Hermann, Coventry Family Care, Pottstown, Pennsylvania; Alan Carl Hilgeman, Medical Associates Health Centers, Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin; John Arthur Hoekstra, National Clinical Research, Inc, Richmond, Virginia; Susan A Hole, United Medical Research, New Smyrna Beach, Florida; Peter A Holt, Good Samaritan Hospital of Maryland, Chesapeake Medical Research, Baltimore, Maryland; Seth E Holtzapfel, Central Ohio Primary Care Physicians, Inc, Columbus, Ohio; Stanley R Horner, Allergy, Asthma, Immunology Services, Jefferson City, Missouri; Martha J Hoshaw, American Health Network, Kokomo Family Care, Kokomo, Indiana; Clifford J Houser, IMG Healthcare, LLC, New Orleans, Louisiana; Timothy Mitchell Howard, Medical Affiliated Research Center, Huntsville, Alabama; Shannon Howe, Alta Clinical Research, Tucson, Arizona; Judith Ann Hsia, George Washington University/Lipid Research Clinic, Washington, DC; Stephen L Hufman, Wenatchee Valley Clinic, Clinical Research Department, Wenatchee, Washington; Randall T Huling Jr, Olive Branch Family Medical Center, Olive Branch, Mississippi; Robert H Hutchins, New Hanover Medical Research Associates, Wilmington, North Carolina; Richard Hymowitz, Rheumatology and Arthritis Associates, Medford, New Jersey; E Christopher Iliades, Clinical Research Center of Cape Cod, Inc, West Yarmouth, Massachusetts; Fedra Irazoque, 20 of November Hospital/Centro Medico Nacional, Mexico City, Mexico; Terence Isakov, Ohio Clinical Research, Lyndhurst, Ohio; Lawrence Jacobs, Rheumatology Associates, Tulsa, Oklahoma; Michael B Jacobs, Radiant Research, Las Vegas, Nevada; George Jarahian, Shore Health Group, Brick, New Jersey; Arvind N Jariwala, Wake Research Associates, Raleigh, North Carolina; Wael N Jarjour, University of

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Virginia, Division of Rheumatology & Immunology, Old Medical School, Charlottesville, Virginia; Karen C Johnson, University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, Department of Preventative Medicine, Memphis, Tennessee; Kevin B Johnson, Advanced Clinical Research, Salt Lake City, Utah; Randolph P Jones, Clinical Interventions Research Institute, Mission Viejo, California; S Michael Jones, Little Rock Diagnostic Clinic, Little Rock, Arkansas; John M Joseph, Carrollton, Texas; Jeffrey Louis Kaine, Sarasota Arthritis Center, Sarasota, Florida; Norman J Kakos, QUEST Research Institute, Bingham Farms, Michigan; Isaac Kalvaria, Visions Clinical Research, Sarasota, Florida; Pamela Kammen, Medical Research Centers of California, Inc, Fresno, California; Joseph T Kang, Callowhill Medical Associates, Reading, Pennsylvania; Seth Kantor, Wendt-Bristol Research Center, Columbus, Ohio; David Ross Karp, University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas; Jacob Karsh, Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Ahmad A Kashif, Metrolina Medical Research, Charlotte, North Carolina; Yasmin B Kassam, Vernon, Connecticut; Stuart S Kassan, Colorado Arthritis Associates, Denver, Colorado; Robert S Kaufmann, Radiant Research, Austell, Georgia; F Adam Kawley, Houston, Texas; Alan G Kelsey, Whitehouse Station Family Medicine Research Center, Whitehouse Station, New Jersey; Phillip William Kempf, Arthritis Clinic of Northern Virginia, Arlington, Virginia; Stanley J Kerstien, Denver, Colorado; Boris Kerzner, Health Trends Research, Baltimore, Maryland; Majed Khraishi, Saint Clare's Mercy Hospital, St John's, Newfoundland, Canada; Frank W Kilpatrick, UW Health Physicians, Madison, Wisconsin; Ellen Kim, Albuquerque Clinical Trials, Albuquerque, New Mexico; Robert A Kimelheim, Elite Medical Research, Inc, Sellersville, Pennsylvania; John G King, MedSource, Inc, Richmond, Virginia; Alan J Kivitz, Altoona Center for Clinical Research, Duncansville, Pennsylvania; Anthony Koelink, Clinmed Research Centers Inc, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Michael Kohen, Coastal Medical Research, Port Orange, Florida; Naomi Kolb, Healthways Family Medical Centers, Reading, Pennsylvania; Elliot Joseph Kopp, CARE Center, Raleigh, North Carolina; Stuart J Kramer, Danville Orthopedic Clinic, Inc, Danville, Virginia; Joel M Kremer, Center for Rheumatology, Albany, New York; Kelly D Krohn, Pride Clinical Research Associates, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Steven J Kulback, Birmingham Heart Clinic PC, Birmingham, Alabama; Donald Allen Kushner, Preferred Primary Care Physicians, Inc, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Donald W Kwong, Clinical Research Consultants, Inc, Hoover, Alabama; John A LaFata, North County Internal Medicine, Vista, California; Steven Landgarten, Tulsa, Oklahoma; Robert Lang, Northeast Clinical Research, LLC, Madison, Connecticut; Ben Lasko, Manna Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; James F Lawless, FFM Clinical Research, Camillus, New York; Albert H Lee, Norfolk, Virginia; Roberto Leon-Perez, Ponce School of Medicine, CAIMED Center, Ponce, Puerto Rico; Patrick Liang, Centre Universitaire de Sante de L'Estrie Rhumatologie - CUSE Fleurimont, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada; Mark K Lindley, ClinSite Inc, Ann Arbor, Michigan; Robert S Lipetz, Encompass Clinical Research, Spring Valley, California; William L Lipman, East Coast Clinical Research, Inc, Haverhill, Massachusetts; Thomas W Littlejohn III, Piedmont Medical Research Associates, Winston-Salem, North Carolina; Michael Lockwood, Arnett Clinic, Department of Rheumatology, Lafayette, Indiana; Seth H Lourie, SOMARC Trials, LLC, Greenbelt, Maryland; Charles F Lovell, York Clinical Research, Norfolk, Virginia; Catherine L Lowder, Saint Louis Center for Clinical Research, Saint Louis, Missouri; Mitchell B Lowenstein, Arthritis Center, Palm Harbor, Florida; Barry C Lubin, Hampton Roads Center for Clinical Research, Inc, Norfolk, Virginia; Mel E Lucas, PrimeCare Research Associates, Patterson Medical Clinic, Florissant, Mississippi; Charles L Ludivico, East Penn Rheumatology Associates, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; John L Luetkemeyer, Pensacola, Florida; Norman Martin Lunde, Twin Cities Clinical Research, Brooklyn Center, Minnesota; Robert D Madder, Tri-State Medical Group, Beaver, Pennsylvania; Peter Nathan Madras, East Coast Clinical Research, Inc, Salisbury, Massachusetts; Frank P Maggiacomo, New England Center for Clinical Research, Cranston, Rhode Island; William S Makarowski, Center for Assessment and Research of Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania; David R Mandel, Mayfield Village, Ohio; Richard J Mangi, Allergy and Arthritis Associates, Connecticut Medical Group, Hamden, Connecticut; Michael J Maricic, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Tucson, Arizona; Janet Markland, Midtown Medical Centre, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada; William D Martz, University of Arizona College of Medicine/Department of Family & Community Medicine, Tucson, Arizona; Steven D Mathews, Jacksonville Center for Clinical Research, Jacksonville, Florida; George T Maughan, Richmond Family Medicine, Inc, Richmond, Virginia; Timothy G McCarthy, Manitoba Clinic, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; Michael J McCartney, East Coast Clinical Research, Inc, Haverhill, Massachusetts; Dennis C McCluskey, Radiant Research, Mogadore, Ohio; Harris H McIlwain, Tampa Medical Group, Tampa, Florida; James D McKay, Oklahoma Center for Arthritis Therapy and Research, Tulsa, Oklahoma; Clark D McKeever, Accelovance, Houston, Texas; Kevin Mark McKown, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics-West

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Clinic/Rheumatology, Madison, Wisconsin; Daksha P Mehta, Arthritis and Osteoporosis Center, Elizabethtown, Kentucky; Claudia Melendez, Instituto de Seguridad Social del Estado de Mexico y Municipios ISSEMYM, Toluca, Mexico; Concepcion B Mendoza, Ocean County Medical Institute, Toms River, New Jersey; Donald R Merrihew Jr, Convenient Medical Care, Queensbury, New York; Bernard A Michlin, San Diego, California; Alan Brad Miller, Atlanta Pharmaceutical Research Center, Inc, Dunwoody, Georgia; James E Miller, Richmond Regional Research, Inc, Richmond, Kentucky; Jerry L Miller, Holston Medical Group, Kingsport, Tennessee; Marcia O Miller, Florida Research Network, Gainesville, Florida; Joseph Millin, Visions Clinical Research, Sarasota, Florida; Neerja Misra, Quick Care Medical, Trenton, New Jersey; Robert Arnold Moidel, Rheumatology Associates, Sellersville, Pennsylvania; David C Moll, TriValley Primary Care, Perkasie, Pennsylvania; Arthur J Mollen, Phoenix, Arizona; Phillip J Molloy, Plymouth, Massachusetts; George James Morgan, Jr, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center/Section of Rheumatology, Lebanon, New Hampshire; John D Morgan, Fairfield, Alabama; Frederic Morin, Centre Hospitalier Regional de Trois-Rivieres, Centre de Recherche Musculo-Squelettique, Trois-Riviere, Quebec, Canada; Carter V Multz, Arthritis Care Center, San Jose, California; Francisco Munoz, Comprehensive NeuroScience, Inc, Kenilworth, New Jersey; Frederick Timothy Murphy, Altoona Center for Clinical Research, Duncansville, Pennsylvania; Mohammad Nadeemullah, ClinSite Inc, Ann Arbor, Michigan; Anne N Nafziger, Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital, Cooperstown, New York; Mark A Nagrani, United Medical Research, New Smyrna Beach, Florida; Magdy Nasra, Hazlet, New Jersey; Jeffrey Stewart Neal, Bluegrass Clinical Research Inc, Lexington, Kentucky; Nathaniel Neal, Valerius Medical Group and Research Center of Greater Long Beach, Inc, Long Beach, California; David H Neustadt, Louisville, Kentucky; Eric D Newman, Geisinger Medical Center, Department of Rheumatology, Danville, Pennsylvania; Phong Q Nguyen, Northern Virginia Center for Arthritis, Reston, Virginia; Kenneth Martin Nies, Torrance, California; Daniel K Norden, Rheumatology Associates, Norristown, Pennsylvania; Michael J Noss, Radiant Research, Cincinnati, Ohio; Thomas B O'Barr, Jr, Primary Care Partners, Marietta, Georgia; Mandeep Oberoi, Comprehensive NeuroScience, Inc, Kenilworth, New Jersey; Alan C Odom, Center for Sports Medicine and Orthopaedics, Chattanooga, Tennessee; Kurt Oekle, Rheumatic Disease Center, Glendale, Wisconsin; Howard L Offenberg, Radiant Research, Daytona Beach, Florida; Bart M Olash, Bluegrass Clinical Research Inc, Louisville, Kentucky; Suzanne Oparil, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama; Jean-Pascal Ouellet, Q et T Recherche Inc, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada; Meera Oza, Orange Park, Florida; Miriam Parker, Atlanta Medical Center, Atlanta, Georgia; Robert Zorba Paster, Dean Medical Center, Oregon Clinic, Oregon, Wisconsin; Meenakshi Patel, Centerville, Ohio; Andres Patron, South Florida Clinical Research Center, Hollywood, Florida; Jeffrey S Peller, Harbin Clinic, Rome, Georgia; Yves Pesant, Zoom International Inc, Saint-Jerome, Quebec, Canada; Eric A Peters, Arizona Arthritis and Rheumatology Associates, Paradise Valley, Arizona; Patrick H Peters Jr, South Texas Medical Research Associates, San Antonio, Texas; Frank P Pettinelli, Jr, Family Practice Medical Associates, Mount Laurel, New Jersey; Michael Lee Peveler, Healthwatch Research Associates, Louisville, Kentucky; Michael J Picciano, CNY Family Care, East Syracuse, New York; Michael A Pick, Springfield Clinic, Springfield, Illinois; David J Pierangelo, FutureCare Studies, Springfield, Massachusetts; Bryan C Pogue, Radiant Research, Boise, Idaho; Terry L Poling, Heartland Research Associates, LLC, Wichita, Kansas; Andrew Porges, Rheumatology Consultants, LLP, Hewlett, New York; Daniel S Prince, Decatur, Alabama; Donald H Pritchard, Radiant Research, Gainesville, Florida; Henry Malin Prupas, Arthritis Center of Reno, Reno, Nevada; Keith G Pryhuber, Rochester Clinical Research Inc, Rochester, New York; James F Quigley, Encompass Clinical Research, Encinitas, California; Robert J Quinet, Ochsner Clinic, Department of Medicine, Section of Rheumatology, New Orleans, Louisiana; William Randall, Targeted Research, Inc, Dayton, Ohio; Seppo E Rapo, Clinical Research Center of Cape Cod, Inc, West Yarmouth, Massachusetts; Boris Ratiner, Rheumatology Therapeutics Medical Center, Tarzana, California; Richard Lee Rauck, Center for Clinical Research, Winston-Salem, North Carolina; Sheldon J Ravin, Ravin Blitzer Primary Care Associates, Colorado Springs, Colorado; Albert J Razzetti, University Clinical Research, Deland, Inc, DeLand, Florida; Keith S Reisinger, Primary Physicians Research, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Harvey Resnick, R D Clinical Research, Lake Jackson, Texas; Robert S Reyna, Clinical Trials of Texas, Inc, San Antonio, Texas; Michele D Reynolds, Radiant Research Dallas North, Dallas, Texas; Louis R Ricca, Radiant Research St Petersburg, Pinellas Park, Florida; James F Rich, Research Center for Clinical Medicine, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania; Dennis S Riff, Advanced Clinical Research Institute, LLC, Anaheim, California; William F C Rigby, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center/Section of Rheumatology, Lebanon, New Hampshire; Warren C Rizzo, Advanced Arthritis Care and Research, Scottsdale, Arizona; Douglas E Roberts,

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Sacramento Heart Center/Sacramento Heart and Vascular Research Center, Sacramento, California; Manuel Robles San Roman, Instituto de Seguridad Social del Estado de Mexico y Municipios ISSEMYM, Toluca, Mexico; Jude Rodrigues, Windsor, Ontario, Canada; Alan K Rogers, Arizona Research Associates, Tucson, Arizona; Michael A Rosemore, Simon Williamson Clinic, Birmingham, Alabama; Adam W Rosen, Arthritis and Rheumatism Associates, Clearwater, Florida; Jeffrey B Rosen, Clinical Research of South Florida, Coral Gables, Florida; Alan L Rosenberg, Colorado Arthritis Associates, Denver, Colorado; Bruce Rothschild, Arthritis Center of Northeast Ohio, Youngstown, Ohio; Daniel H Rowe, Palm Beach Research Center, West Palm Beach, Florida; Bernard R Rubin, University of North Texas Health Science Center/Department of Internal Medicine, Fort Worth, Texas; Lance A Rudolph, New Mexico Clinical Research and Osteoporosis Center, Inc, Albuquerque, New Mexico; William Michael Ryan, Internal Medicine Research, Portland, Oregon; Alan V Safdi, Consultants for Clinical Research, Inc, Cincinnati, Ohio; Gilbert R Salazar, Sun Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas; Bruce S Samuels, Strafford Medical Associates, Dover, New Hampshire; Ninza Sanchez, San Antonio, Texas; Paul G Sandall, Health Research Inc, Albuquerque, New Mexico; Philippe A Saxe, Arthritis Associates of South Florida, Delray Beach, Florida; Lee Schlosstein, Advanced Clinical Therapeutics LLC, Anchorage, Alaska; Thomas Jack Schnitzer, Northwestern Center for Clinical Research, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois; James H Schrenker, Holston Medical Group, Sapling Grove Family Physicians, Bristol, Tennessee; Douglas R Schumacher, Radiant Research, Columbus, Ohio; Edward J Schwager, Carondelet Medical Group, Tucson, Arizona; Michael Schweitz, Arthritis and Rheumatology Associates of Palm Beach, West Palm Beach, Florida; Anthony I Sebba, Arthritis Associates, Palm Harbor, Florida; Stuart D Segal, Santa Barbara Medical Foundation Clinic, Santa Barbara, California; R Gordon Senter, Rheumatology, Salisbury, North Carolina; Gregory T Serfer, South Florida Clinical Research Center, Hollywood, Florida; Randall J Severance, Radiant Research, Chandler, Arizona; Violet Shadd, Total Concept Health Care Inc, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada; William J Shergy, Rheumatology Associates of Northern Alabama, Huntsville, Alabama; James R Shoemaker, Ormond Medical Arts Family Practice/Pharmaceutical Research Center, Ormond Beach, Florida; William G Short, Diagnostic Cardiology, Jacksonville, Florida; Joshua R Shua-Haim, Manchester, New Jersey; Evan L Siegel, Center for Rheumatology and Bone Research, Rockville, Maryland; David H Sikes, Florida Medical Clinic, Clinical Research Division, Zephyrhills, Florida; Gilbert Simoni, Elizabeth, New Jersey; Atul K Singhal, Southwest Rheumatology, Mesquite, Texas; Timothy Robert Smith, Mercy Health Research, St Louis, Missouri; Brian D Snyder, Lancaster-Southgate Medical Group, West Seneca, New York; Edward R Sobel, Family Practice Associates, Wilmington, Delaware; Murray C Sokoloff, Santa Fe, New Mexico; Sheldon D Solomon, Arthritis, Rheumatic, and Back Disease Associates, Voorhees, New Jersey; Carlos M Sotolongo, Diagnostic Cardiology, Jacksonville, Florida; Joseph Soufer, Phoenix Internal Medicine, Waterbury, Connecticut; Stephen Alan South, PharmQuest, Greensboro, North Carolina; Robert T Spencer, Colorado Arthritis Center, Englewood, Colorado; Malcolm J Sperling, Edinger Medical Group, Inc/EMG Clinical Research, Fountain Valley, California; Michael Spiegel, Clinical Research Center of CT/NY, Danbury, Connecticut; Timothy Merle Spiegel, Sansum Diabetes Research Institute, Santa Barbara, California; Neil Ira Stahl, Burke, Virginia; Kenneth Stark, Lake Rheumatology, Tavares, Florida; William J Stein, Strong Medical Group, Rochester, New York; Steven H Stern, Kentuckiana Center for Better Bone and Joint Health, Louisville, Kentucky; Mark Allen Stich, Jacksonville Center for Clinical Research, Jacksonville, Florida; Todd Paul Stitik, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, New Jersey; John L Stoker, Valley Medical Center, Flint, Michigan; Scott D Straka, Meridian Clinical Research, Omaha, Nebraska; Cynthia Becher Strout, Coastal Carolina Research Center, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina; Angela M Stupi, Allegheny North Arthritis Center, Wexford, Pennsylvania; David C Subich, North Central Ohio Clinic, Inc, Mansfield, Ohio; James D Tabor, Midwest Arthritis Center, Kalamazoo, Michigan; Raul E Tamayo, Genesis Research International, Longwood, Florida; Georges Y Tannoury, Specialty Medical Center, Pahrump, Nebraska; Addison A Taylor, Baylor College of Medicine, Baylor Clinic/Hypertension-Clinical Pharmacology Research Clinic, Houston, Texas; Philip W Taylor, Cape Girardeau Physician Associates, Cape Girardeau, Missouri; John R P Tesser, Radiant Research, Phoenix, Arizona; Dennis Thomas, MedSource, Inc, Richmond, Virginia; Mark T Thompson, HealthCare Partners Medical Group, Torrance, California; Glen Thomas D Thomson, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; J Carter Thorne, Newmarket, Ontario, Canada; Martin L Throne, Radiant Research, Atlanta, Georgia; J Scott Toder, Osteoporosis Diagnostic Center, Johnston, Rhode Island; Michelle Tolszczuk, Q et T Recherche Inc, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada; Jack R Tomlinson, Grayline Clinical Drug Trials, Wichita Falls, Texas; Irene Yune Tong, Pasadena, California; Melvin J Tonkon, Apex Research Institute, Santa Ana, California; Robert L Topkis, Warminster Medical Associates, Warminster,

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Pennsylvania; Joseph A Torchia, Research Center for Clinical Medicine, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania; Richard W Townsend, Saint John's Clinical Research Center, Jacksonville, Florida; Robert G Trapp, Arthritis Center, Springfield, Illinois; James M Trice, Arthritis, Osteoporosis and Musculoskeletal Disease Center, Concord, New Hampshire; Phyllis J Troia, Clinical Research Center of Cape Cod, Inc, West Yarmouth, Massachusetts; Orrin M Troum, Orrin M Troum & Medical Associates, Santa Monica, California; Timothy S Truitt, Accelovance, Melbourne, Florida; Christos Michael Tsoukas, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Stephen C Ulrich, Pharmacotherapy Research Associates, Inc, Zanesville, Ohio; Robert Michael Valente, Arthritis Center of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska; Michael Kent Vandenberg, Ford Research Institute, Pensacola, Florida; Christopher Vanderneck, Henderson Health Care Services, Henderson, Nebraska; Clayton Varga, Pasadena Rehabilitation Institute, Pasadena, California; Ralph M Vicari, Melbourne Internal Medicine Associates, Melbourne, Florida; Albert G Volk, Saint John's Clinical Research Center, Jacksonville, Florida; David D Waddell, Orthopedic Specialists of Louisiana, Shreveport, Louisiana; Paul D Wade, Dallas, Texas; John M Wadleigh, Arizona Medical Research, Tucson, Arizona; Bruce A Wall, Central Ohio Primary Care Physicians, Inc, Columbus, Ohio; Brian B Walls, International Institute for Clinical Research, Merritt Island, Florida; William Lee Washington, Marshfield Clinic, Wausau, Wisconsin; Randall L Watson, J Lewis Research, Inc/Southwest Family Medicine, West Jordan, Utah; Jack Waxman, Northern California Medical Associates, Inc, Santa Rosa, California; Suzanne Weakley, Clinical Trials North Houston, Houston, Texas; Arnold J Weil, Primary Care Partners, Marietta, Georgia; Richard L Weinstein, Diablo Clinical Research, Inc, Walnut Creek, California; Stuart Michael Weisman, Boulder Medical Center, Boulder, Colorado; Michael A Weitz, Center for Arthritis and Rheumatic Diseases, South Miami, Florida; Simon L Weitzman, Internists Associated, Needham, Massachusetts; Alexander J White, Coastal Medical Research, Port Orange, Florida; Elizabeth A Wickersham, Northview Family Practice, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Bram D Wieskopf, North Georgia Clinical Research, Woodstock, Georgia; Kevin G Wietecha, Northeast Ohio Endocrinology and Osteoporosis Institute, Canton, Ohio; John F Wilker, Wilker/Powers Center for Clinical Studies, St Cloud, Florida; Barry D Winston, Houston Medical Research Associates, Houston, Texas; Bret Alan Wittmer, Commonwealth Biomedical Research, Madisonville, Kentucky; Sanford Mayer Wolfe, STAT Research, Inc, Dayton, Ohio; Michael G Yaffe, Neurology and Pain Center, Lakeland, Florida; Jack E Yakish, Westminster Family Medicine, Erie, Pennsylvania; Scott W Yates, North Texas Medical Research, Plano, Texas; Gary D Yeoman, Founders Medical Practice/Founders Research Corporation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Robert A Yood, Fallon Clinic, Inc, Worcester, Massachusetts; Carol L Young, Arthritis Medical Clinic of North County, Escondido, California; Michel Zummer, Hopital Maisonneuve-Rosemont Polyclinique Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Montreal, Quebec, Canada South and Central America Eduardo Acevedo, Hospital Nacional Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen, Lima, Peru; Raul A Alpizar, Centro de Reumatologia y Osteoporosis, Cartago, Costa Rica; Lidia Aracaqui Ayres, Hospital Universitario da Universidade de MGS, Cuiaba, Brazil; Alvaro Badilla, Centro Medico San Rafael del Hospital de Alajuela, Alajuela, Costa Rica; Luis Bellatin, Arequipa, Peru; Lourdes Bengoa, Clinica Javier Prado, Lima, Peru; Rubens Bonfiglioli, Pontificia Universidade Hospital e Maternidade, Campinas, Brazil; Joao Carlos Tavares Brenol, Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil; Eduardo Cambronero-Hernandez, Clinica Jerusalem, Coronado, Costa Rica; Oswaldo Castaneda, Clinica Anglo Americana, Lima, Peru; Philippe Chalem, Fundacion Instituto de Reumatologia e Inmunologia, Bogota, Colombia; Jose Chavez, Hospital Nacional Edgardo Rebagliati Martins, Lima, Peru; Ibsen Bellini Coimbra, Universidade Estadual de Campinas Hospital das Clinicas Brazil, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Nilzio Antonio da Silva, Hospital das Clinicas da Universidade Federal de Goias, Goiania, Brazil; Branca Dias Batista de Souza, Santa Casa de Misericordia de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Angela Pinto Duarte, Hospital das Clinicas, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil; Daniel Feldman Pollak, Escola Paulista de Medicina UNIFESP, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Ana Maria Flores, Hospital Regional de Rancagua, Rancagua, Chile; Carlos Avelino Fuentealba, Hospital Clinico San Borja-Arriaran CDT, Santiago, Chile; Francisco Javier Gutierrez, Hospital Sotero del Rio, Santiago, Chile; Renato Guzman, Bogota, Colombia; Ernesto Hercules, Clinica Atias, Caracas, Venezuela; Arquimedes Hidalgo, Clinica Vesalio, Lima, Peru; Juan Jose Jaller, Centro de Reumatologia y Ortopedia, Barranquilla, Colombia; Nocy Honorato Leite, Hospital do Servidor, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Francisco Aires Correa Lima, Hospital Universitario de Brasilia, Brasilia, Brazil; Ruben Dario Mantilla Hernandez, Clinica de Artritis y Rehabilitacion, Bogota, Colombia; Rossanna Marchetti, Hospital Van Buren, Valparaiso, Chile; Javier Molina Lopez, Medellin, Colombia; Alejandro Nitsche,

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Policlinica Bancaria 9 de Julio, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Gilberto Santos Novaes, Centro de Ciencia Medicas de Sorocaba-PUC, Sorocaba, Brazil; Adriana Perez Davila, Policlinica Bancaria 9 de Julio, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Arnaldo Posadas-Escudero, Hospital Universitario "Antonio Maria Pineda", Barquisimeto, Venezuela; Hector Jose Quevedo Solidoro, Clinica Maison de Sante de Lima, Lima, Peru; Sebastiao Cezar Radominski, Hospital de Clinicas Universidade Federal do Parana, Curitiba, Brazil; Ari Stiel Radu, Hospital das Clinicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Dalia Riachi, Laboratorio Centro Integral de Reumatologia e Inmulogia Limitada, Bogota, Colombia; Erick Julian Rosal Palomo, Nivel, Guatemala; Ricardo Saenz, Centro de Especialidades Medicas, Heredia, Costa Rica; Marilia Barreto Gameiro Silva, Hospital Universitario Evangelico de Curitiba, Curitiba, Brazil; Ivan Stekman, Clinica Santa Sofia, Caracas, Venezuela; Nancy Stevenson, FACH Hospital, Santiago, Chile; Miguel A Urina, Barranquilla, Colombia; Mario Valera, Clinica Peruano Americana, Trujillo, Peru; Sol Villegas de Morales, Hospital "Dr Jose Maria Vargas", Caracas, Venezuela; Carlos Alberto Von Muhlen, Pontificia Universidade Catolica-Hospital Sao Lucas da PUC, Porto Alegre, Brazil; Cristiano Zerbini, Hospital Heliopolis, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Diana Rita Zoruba, Hospital Municipal de Vicente Lopez "Bernardo Houssay", Buenos Aires, Argentina Asia Pacific Clemente Morando Amante, Philippine General Hospital, Manila, Philippines; Joseph Mabini Antigua, Chong Hua Hospital, Cebu, Philippines; Humeira Badsha, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore; Nicholas Benton, Auckland City Hospital, Grafton, Auckland, New Zealand; David Hugh Bossingham, Parramatta Park, Queensland, Australia; Russell Ross Buchanan, Austin & Repatriation Medical Centre/Rheumatology Department, West Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia; Shun-Le Chen, Ren Ji Hospital, Shanghai, China; Daniel Ching, Timaru Hospital, Timaru, New Zealand; Nicola Dalbeth, Auckland City Hospital, Grafton, Auckland, New Zealand; Therese M Dawson, Port Macquarie, Australia; Yi Dong, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, China; Nigel Leslie Gilchrist, Tauranga Hospital, Tauranga, New Zealand; Peter Brian Barry Gow, Middlemore Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand; Neil Graham, Tauranga Hospital, Tauranga, New Zealand; Stephen Hall, Cabrini Hospital, Malvern, Australia; Patrick Hanrahan, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Nedlands, Australia; Peigen He, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China; Chung-Ming Huang, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan; Peter Brian Jones, QE Health, Rotorua, New Zealand; Joung-Liang Lan, Taichung Veterans Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan; Kathy Lai-Fun Lee, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong; Zhanguo Li, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China; Tsui Yee Lian, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore; Hwa-Chang Liu, National Taiwan University, University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan; Ming-Fei Liu, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan; Hou Shan Lu, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China; Agustin Miguel Goita Morales, Cebu Orthopaedic Institute, Cebu City, Philippines; Peter Thomas Nash, Sixth Avenue Specialist Centre, Maroochydore, Queensland, Australia; Sandra Victorio Navarra, Saint Luke's Medical Center, Quezon City, Philippines; Fu Xing Pei, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China; Kevin Pile, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Woodville, Adelaide, Australia; Maureen Rischmueller, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Woodville, Adelaide, Australia; Janet Roddy, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Nedlands, Australia; Lingxun Shen, Tongji Hospital, Union Hospital of Tongji, Medical College Huazhong, University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China; Joe Singh, North Shore Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand; Lingyun Sun, Nanjing University Medical School, Affiliated Gu Lou Hospital, Nanjing, China; Perry Pua Tan, Jose R Reyes Memorial Medical Center, Manila, Philippines; Tito Piccio Torralba, University of Santo Tomas, University Hospital Research Center for Health Sciences, Manila, Philippines; Chi-Yin Wong, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; Bu Yun Yu, Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun yat-sen University, Guang Zhou, China; Fengchun Zhang, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, China; Hejian Zou, Huashan Hospital, Shanghai, China Europe Thomas Aaboe, Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark; Ivar Aagaard-Hansen, Sindal, Denmark; Siegfried Adam, Ivesheim, Germany; Juergen Adler, Ludwigshafen, Germany; Tapio Juhani Ahola, Eiran sairaala, Helsinki, Finland; Mohammed Akil, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom; Aysen Akinci, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey; Lioudmila I Alexeeva, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Hospital at the Institute of Rheumatology, Moscow, Russian Federation; Mahmoud Najeh Alkhoffash, Bassetlaw District Hospital, NHS Trust, Worksop, Nottinghamshire, United

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Kingdom; Bernd Allzeit, Hamm, Germany; Neil Amin, Whitelodge Medical Practice, Enfield, England, United Kingdom; Petra Anders, Bautzen, Germany; Philippe Angeli, Villejuif, France; Riitta Antikainen, Oulun tutkimusyksikko, Oulu, Finland; Bruno Arcos, Avignon, France; Helena Arievich, ClinGuard GmbH, Berlin, Germany; Bernard Auvinet, Laval, France; Jurgen Bachmann, Hattingen, Germany; David Baird, Eastside Surgery, Belfast, Antrim, United Kingdom; Tibor Balazs, Rethy Pal Hospital, Rheumatology Dept, Bekescsaba, Hungary; Angeles Ballarin-Castany, CAP Centellas, Barcelona, Spain; Leiv Isaksen Balle, Sandnes, Norway; Francisco Javier Ballina Garcia, Hospital Clinico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain; Asta Baranauskaite, Clinic Signata, Kaunas, Lithuania; Charles Baranes, Paris, France; Svein Erik Barbo, Stavanger, Norway; Thomas Bardin, Hopital Lariboisiere Service de Rhumatologie, Paris, France; Erich Barlin, Ludwigsburg, Germany; Jurgen Bartels, Iserlohn-Hennen, Germany; Piotr Bateld, Aker Brygge AS Walk in Clinic, Oslo, Norway; Harmut Bauer, Arnsberg, Germany; Sylvia Baumbach, Apolda, Germany; Walter Behringer, Fulda, Germany; Jannie Marion Beier, Odense, Denmark; Jan Bek, Berlin, Germany; Claude-Laurent Benhamou, Hopital Porte Madeleine, Orleans, France; Mhamed Bensaber, St Afrique, France; Hans Joachim Berger, Potsdam, Germany; Peter Bilderling, Munchen, Germany; Olivier Bisch, Bishheim, France; Mark David Blagden, Avondale Surgery, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, United Kingdom; Horst F Blank, Koln, Germany; Jean-Marc Blondeau, Meaux, France; Gunther Bohm, Ludwigshafen, Germany; Frank-Andreas Bohme, Delitzsch, Germany; Philippe Boisson, Ville, France; Wolfgang Walter Bolten, Klaus Miehlke Klinik, Weisbaden, Germany; Eva Maria Bonninghoff, Beckum, Germany; Jurgen Borgermann, Dortmund, Germany; Hans-Christoph Bosch, Stockach, Germany; Michel Bouriaud, Louverne, France; Hicham Bouzo, Munchen, Germany; Hisham Bouzo, Munchen, Germany; Hana Brabcova, Department of Clinical Pharmacology, University Hospital, Pilsen, Czech Republic; Francois Brault, Chateau Gontier, France; Morten Breiby, Stavanger, Norway; Carlos Brotons-Cuixart, CAP Sardenya, Barcelona, Spain; Thomas Brutzke, Kubschutz, Germany; Jan Brzezicki, Wojewodzki Szpital Zespolony, Elblag, Poland; Marek Brzosko, Klinika Reumatologii PAM, Szczecin, Poland; Hanns Joachim Buchmann, Menden, Germany; Matthias Burckhardt, Leipzig, Germany; Harald Burkhardt, Universitatsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany; Wolfgang Busch, Nittenau, Germany; Paul Byrne, Colchester General Hospital, Dept of Rheumatology, Colchester, Essex, United Kingdom; Colin Cackette, The Health Centre, Edinburgh, Lothian, United Kingdom; Thomas Edward Luke Cahill, Frome Medical Practice Health Centre, Frome, Somerset, United Kingdom; Bianca Canesi, Milan, Italy; Mario Carrabba, Ospedale Luigi Sacco, Servizio di Reumatologia, Padiglione Medicine, Milan, Italy; David Mark Carruthers, City Hospital, Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom; Ashish Chadha, Linden Lodge Medical Practice, Thornton Heath, Surrey, United Kingdom; Graham Charlwood, Grosvenor Medical Centre, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, United Kingdom; Naresh Chauhan, River Brook Medical Centre, Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom; Barbara Slatkowsky Christensen, Diakonhjemmets Hospital Oslo City, Deparment of Rheumatology, Oslo, Norway; Roderic Lawrance Clark, Herschel Medical Centre, Slough Berkshire, United Kingdom; Bettina Classen, Bochum, Germany; Eduardo Collantes Estevez, Hospital Universitario Reina Sofia, Cordoba, Spain; Bernard Combe, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Hopital Lapeyronie, Montpellier, France; Paul Corrie, Health Centre, Belfast, Antrim, United Kingdom; Gordon Macdonald Crawford, Community Pharmacology Services Ltd, CPS Clinical Research Centre, Glasgow, Strathclyde, United Kingdom; Georg Dahlen, Grastorpspraktiken, Grastorps privatpraktiker, Grastorp, Sweden; Georg Dahmen, Hamburg, Germany; Hans-Gerd Dammann, Klinische Forschung Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany; Adrian Darrah, Whiteabbey Health Centre, Newtownabbey, Antrim, United Kingdom; Badal Dass, Higher Broughton Health Centre, Salford, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom; Hedwig Daute, Ludenscheid, Germany; Jean-Michel David, Laval, France; Terence Daymond, City Hospitals Sunderland, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom; Thierry Debas, Ormesson, France; Marc Debernardi, Montrouge, France; Anette Delbruck-Schneider, Celle, Germany; Achim Dellmann, Immenstadt, Germany; Pierre Delmas, Hospital Edouard Herriot, Lyon, France; Sean-Patrick Denny, Georgsmarienhutte, Germany; Michael Dexel, Kempten, Germany; Rolf Dichmann, Witten, Germany; Catherine Didry, Montpellier, France; Rainer Dockhorn, Weener, Germany; Martin Frank Doig, Townhead Surgery, Irvine Strathclyde, United Kingdom; Eva Dokoupilova, Office of Rheumatology, Uherske Hradiste, Czech Republic; Maxime Dougados, Hopital Cochin, Paris, France; Michael John Bowness Duckworth, Roundstone Surgery, Trowbridge, United Kingdom; Peter Duedal, Ranum, Denmark; Patrick Michael Eavis, Oldfield Surgery, Clinical Research Unit, Bath, Avon, United Kingdom; Wolfgang Ebner, Krankenhaus Lainz, Vienna, Austria; Roman Eder, Zwiesel, Germany; Fuat Edgu, Hammelburg, Germany; Thomas Eger, Osnabruck, Germany; Martine Elbaz-Dellaroli, Avignon, France; Hanne Elling, Copenhagen, Denmark; Holger Ertelt, Regensburg, Germany; Ali Ihsan Ertenli, Hacettepe University Tip

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Fakultesi, Rheumatology Department, Sihhiye, Ankara, Turkey; Liana Euller-Ziegler, Hopital Archet, Nice, France; Rainer Fahr, Suhl, Germany; Jerome Fannius, Versailles, France; Patrice Fardellone, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Hopital Nord, Amiens, France; Johan Fauske, Fredrikstad, Norway; Veronique Ferrazzi, Montpellier, France; Clodoveo Ferri, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Policlinico di Modena, Cattedra e UO di Reumatologia, Modena, Italy; Anna Filipowicz-Sosnowska, Klinika Reumatologii Instytut Reumatologiczny, Warszawa, Poland; Rene-Marc Flipo, Hopital Roger Salengro, Lille, France; Rosario Foti, Ospedale Vittorio Emanuele, Servizio de Reumatologia, Catania, Italy; Olivier Foubert, Chateau Gontier, France; Marcel Frohn, Moutiers, France; Ahmet Fuat, Carmel Surgery, Darlington, Durham, United Kingdom; Dieler Gamerdinger, Bautzen, Germany; Ino Kungdo Gao, Heidelberg, Germany; Sergio Garcia Perez, Hospital Universitario "Puerta del Mar", Cadiz, Spain; Jean-Claude Gardiol, Carpentras, France; John Stanley Hill Gaston, Addenbrooke's NHS Trust, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom; Markus Gaubitz, Universitatsklinikum Munster, Munster, Germany; Georg Gauler, Osnabruck, Germany; Jozef Gaweda, Woj Oddzial Reumatologii Szpital, Konskie, Poland; Christoph Geister, Bochum, Germany; Gunnar Genz, Freiburg, Germany; Piotr Gluszko, Malopoiskie Centrum Osteoporozy, Krakow, Poland; Yves Gorlich, Dresden, Germany; Nigel Anthony Gough, Bradford-on-Avon Health Centre/The Medical Centre, Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, United Kingdom; Walter Grassi, Ospedale Murri, Clinica Reumatologia, Jesi Ancona, Italy; Joachim Grifka, BRK Rheuma-Zentrum, Bad Abbach, Germany; Ortrun Groschel, Coburg, Germany; Josef Grosskopf, Wallerfing, Germany; Martin Gruneberg, Herne, Germany; Stephan Grunert, Eichstatt, Germany; Hans Christian Gulseth, Betanien Hospital, Skien, Norway; Helmut Haas, Stuttgart, Germany; Ole Petter Halvorsen, Hundvag Legesenter, Hundvag, Norway; Pekka Hannonen, Jyvas-Tuma Medical Research Center, Jyvaskyla, Finland; Birthe Lund Hansen, Odense, Denmark; Tore Hansen, Gjovik Legesenter, Gjovik, Norway; Peter Harle, Universitat Regensburg, Klinikum der Universitat, Regensburg, Germany; Ulf Harnest, ClinGuard GmbH, Berlin, Germany; Peter Harvey, Crouch Oak Family Practice, Addlestone, Surrey, United Kingdom; Fritz Hasler, Chur, Switzerland; Paul Hasler, Aarau, Switzerland; Klaus Hausmann, Berlin, Germany; Helga Hector, Kabschutztal, Germany; Bill Hegemann jun, Menden, Germany; Robert Heger, Leonberg, Germany; Bernhard Heilig, Heidelberg, Germany; Steinar Helberg, Colosseum Klinikken, Oslo, Norway; Jean-Pierre Hellier, Arles, France; Stefan Hellinger, Munchen, Germany; Henry Helvig, Hundvag Legesenter, Hundvag, Norway; Kerstin Henriksson, Krokoms HC, Krokom, Sweden; Bernhard Heppner, Berlin, Germany; Francis Herbiere, Aubervilliers, France; Volkmar Herckt, Dresden, Germany; Nils-Walter Herter, Enzkreis-Kliniken, Neuenburg, Germany; Peter Herzer, Munchen, Germany; Klauss Hess, Munchen, Germany; Steven C Hicks, Abbey Meads Medical Practice, Swindon, Wiltshire, United Kingdom; Klaus Hiemeyer, Kreiskrankenhaus Simbach am Inn, Simbach, Germany; Hans-Philip Hitzler, Bochum, Germany; Christian Hofer, Munchen, Germany; Matthias Hofmann, Thum/OT, Jahnsbach, Germany; Rochus Hohne, Kaufbeuren, Germany; John Gregory Hole, Adcroft Surgery, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, United Kingdom; Thomas Horacek, Universitat Witten/Herdecke Zentrum fur Klinische Furschung, Witten, Germany; Pavel Horak, Fakultni Nemocnice Olomouc, 3rd Clinic of Internal Medicine, Olomouc, Czech Republic; Peter Hrdlicka, Zeisigwaldkliniken Bethanien, Chemnitz, Germany; Pawel Hrycaj, Klinika Reumatologii AM, Poznan, Poland; Reinhard Huntemann, Bochum, Germany; Werner Ihle, Wilhermsdorf, Germany; Matti Jaaskivi, Tikkurilan terveysasema, Vantaa, Finland; Swen Jacki, Tubingen, Germany; Carsten Jacob, Dresden, Germany; Rolf Jacob, Nurnberg, Germany; Hanno Jager, Hamburg, Germany; Dominique Jarrige, Millau, France; Manjit Jaspal, Cheylesmore Surgery, Cheylesmore, United Kingdom; Mike Jeffreys, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom; Gunnar Johansson, Nyby Vardcentral, Uppsala, Sweden; Helgi Jonsson, National University Hospital, Landspitali Haskolasjukrahus, Reykjavik, Iceland; Juan Angel Jover Jover, Hospital Clinico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain; Ronald William Jubb, Selly Oak Hospital, Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom; Sylvia Jungnickel, Bautzen, Germany; Seppo Junnila, Salon seudun terveyskeskus, Salo, Finland; Dipak Kapacee, Theobold Centre, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom; Andreas Kapelle, Hoyerswerda, Germany; Danuta Kapolka, Slaski Szpital Reumatologiczno Rehabilitacjny, Ustron, Poland; Erkki Karonen, Kouvolan terveyskeskus, Kouvola, Finland; Sakari Kekki, Joensuun Hoitoasema Oy, Joensuu, Finland; Peter Kern, Franz von Prummer Klinik Innere Medizin, Bad Bruckenau, Germany; Ute Keymer, Gorlitz, Germany; Rainer Kiefer, Bad Bentheim, Germany; Christiane Klein, Kunzing, Germany; Wolfgang Knaebel, Hamm, Germany; Wemer Kneer, Stockach, Germany; Knut Kolitsch, Katzhutte, Germany; Mariusz Korkosz, Malopoiskie Centrum Osteoporozy, Krakow, Poland; Lajos Kovacs, County Reuma Hospital, Mezokovesd, Hungary; Stephen Kownacki, Albany House Medical Centre, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom; Gerd Kramer, Remscheid, Germany; Lothar

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Kruger, Salzgitter, Germany; Eugeniusz Jozef Kucharz, Klinika Chorob Wewnetrznych i Reumatologii, Katowice, Poland; Zelimir Kukolja, Ludenscheid, Germany; Christopher J Kyle, Glengormley Practice, Glengormley, Newtownabbey, United Kingdom; Andreas Labitzke, Reichenbach, Germany; Jan Lacki, Klinika Reumatologii AM, Poznan, Poland; Reinhard Lakony, Berlin, Germany; Christopher Guy Langdon, Holyport Surgery, Holyport, Berkshire, United Kingdom; Giovanni Lapadula, Azienda Ospedaliera Ospedale, Policlinico Consorziale, Unita Operative Reumatologia, Bari, Italy; Hans Larnefeldt, Rattviks Vardcentral, Rattvik, Sweden; Albert Ledesma-Castelltort, CAP Remei, Barcelona, Spain; Marie-Christine Legouffe, Montpellier, France; Reiner Lehmann, Berlin, Germany; Eero Lehmus, Hameenlinnan Laakarikeskus, Hameenlinna, Finland; Klaus Lehnhardt, Bad Durrenheim, Germany; Colin Hugh Lennon, Giffords Primary Care Centre, Melksham, Wiltshire, United Kingdom; Rudiger Leonhardt, Bochum, Germany; Peter Liebscher, Dresden, Germany; Hans Albert Limbrock, Osnabruck, Germany; Thomas Linde, Halle, Germany; Anneliese Linnhoff, ClinGuard GmbH, Berlin, Germany; Jennifer Litchfield, Pound Hill Surgery, Pound Hill, Crawley, West Sussex, United Kingdom; John Lovejoy, Rosemary Medical Centre, Poole, Dorset, United Kingdom; Fritz Lowendorf, Siegen, Germany; Martin Lucas, Berlin, Germany; Riitta Luosujarvi, Kuopion Yliopistollinen Sairaala, Yliopistollinen Keskussairaala, Kuopio, Finland; Xavier Luque-Pino, CAP Alcover, Tarragona, Spain; Guy Lustig, Damlach la Ville, France; Erik Luyckx, Vreden, Germany; Mogens Lytje, Grasten, Denmark; Peter J Maddison, Llandudno General Hospital, Bangor Gwynedd, United Kingdom; Francesc Magalef Pallares, Centro de Atencion Primaria Cambrils, Cambrils, Tarragona, Spain; Jean-Francis Maillefert, General Hospital, Dijon, France; Philip Marazzi, Medical Centre, East Horsley, United Kingdom; Peter Marcinowski, Meersburg, Germany; Roberto Marcolongo, University of Siena, Policlinico le Scotte, Istituto Di Reumatologia, Siena, Italy; Carsten Marcus, Schleiz, Germany; Graham David Ross Martin, Greenwood Medical Centre, Sneinton, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom; Horst Martin, Sulzbach-Rosenberg, Germany; Emilio Martin-Mola, Hospital Universitario la Paz, Madrid, Spain; Duska Martinovic, Klinicka Bolnica Split, Clinical Hospital 'Split-Firule', Split, Croatia; Ulrich Marx, Stuttgart, Germany; Alessandro Mathieu, University of Cagliari, Cattedra Di Reumatologia II, Dipartimento Scienze Mediche, Cagliari, Italy; Jane Birgitte Matthiesen, Odense, Denmark; Ursula Mauss-Etzler, Karlsruhe, Germany; Andrew Mawson, Church View Surgery, Collingham, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom; Thomas Gray Maxwell, Little Common Surgery, Bexhill-On-Sea, East Sussex, United Kingdom; Peter Mayr, Stockach, Germany; Vadim I Mazurov, Hospital at North-West Center of Rheumatology, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation; Malcom McCaughey, Randalstown Health Centre, Randalstown, Antrim, United Kingdom; Frank McKenna, Trafford General Hospital, Manchester, Lancashire, United Kingdom; James Stuart McLay, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen Grampian, United Kingdom; Torjer Meling, Stavanger, Norway; Jakob Mertz, Jerslev, Denmark; Claudia Michalke, Erwitte, Germany; Peter Michalke, Bochum, Germany; Andrew Michie, Blacketts Medical Practice, Darlington, Durham, United Kingdom; Oyvind Midtvedt, Buskerud Sentralsykehus, Drammen, Norway; Knut Mikkelsen, Revmatismesykehuset, Lillehammer, Norway; Giovanni Minisola, Azienda Ospedaliera San Camillo-Forlanini, Rome, Italy; Vittorio Modena, Azienda Sanitaria Ospedaliera San Giovanni Battista di Torino, Torino, Italy; Michael Molloy, National University of Ireland, University College, Cork, Ireland; Christina Mondorf, Frankfurt/Main, Germany; Gilles Morlock, Antoine Gayraud Hospital, Carcassonne, France; Jadranka Morovic-Vergles, Klinicka Bolnica Dubrava, Zagreb, Croatia; Urs Moser, Liestal, Switzerland; Jean-Francois Moussali, Montpellier, France; Ulf Muller-Ladner, Universitat Regensburg, Klinikum der Universitat, Regensburg, Germany; Gerhard Muller-Schwefe, Goppingen, Germany; Norbert Munz, Berlin, Germany; Erich Mur, Innsbruck University Medical Clinic, Innsbruck, Austria; Michael Nager, Munchen, Germany; Martin Nass, Kaufbeuren, Germany; Vijay Nathoo, Five Oaks Family Practice, Beswick, United Kingdom; Jakob Nies, Mammendorf, Germany; Ruth Nischik, Zentrum fur Therapiestudien, Leipzig, Germany; Ernst Nitsche, Regensburg, Germany; Paal Norheim, Madlagarden Legegruppe, Hafrsfjord, Norway; Srdan Novak, Klinicki Bolnicki Centar Rijeka, Zagreb, Croatia; Libor Novosad, Office of Rheumatology and Internal Medicine, Ostrava, Czech Republic; Susana Nunez-Vazquez, CAP Poble Sec Les Hortes, Barcelona, Spain; Wolfgang Ochs, Bayreuth, Germany; Paul O'Connell, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland; Erik Snorre Ofjord, Senter for Kliniske Studier, Paradis, Norway; Kjartan Olafsson, Sunnfjord Medisinske Senter, Floro, Norway; Ignazio Olivieri, Azienda Ospedaliera Ospedale San Carlo, Dipartimento di Reumatologia, Potenza, Italy; Ian Michael Orpen, St James's Surgery, Bath, Avon, United Kingdom; Petra Ott, Gesellschaft fur Wissens-und Technologietransfer der TU Dresden GmbH, Zentrum fur Klinische Studien, Dresden, Germany; Etienne Pace, Duttlenheim, France; Leena Forumin Paimela, Laakariasema Mehilainen, Helsinki, Finland; Thomas G Palferman, Yeovil District Hospital Higher Kingson, Yeovil, Somerset, United Kingdom; Sylvain

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Paravert, Laval, France; Ian Wyndham Parker, Beehive Surgery, Clinical Trials Unit, Bath, Avon, United Kingdom; Sanjay Patel, Adan House, Durham, United Kingdom; Richard Stewart Paton, Hawthorns Medical Services, Inkberrow, Hereford and Worcester, United Kingdom; Karel Pavelka, Institute of Rheumatology, Prague, Czech Republic; Rolf Pesch, Augsburg, Germany; Carsten Pheiffer, Bautzen, Germany; Alexander Philipp, Ludwigsburg, Germany; Margarita Pileckyte, Siauliu ligonine, VsI, Siauliai, Lithuania; Montserrat Planellas Boix, Centro de Atencion Primaria Reus V, Reus Tarragona, Spain; Jan Poedenphant, Amtssygehuset i Herlev, Herlev, Denmark; Christoph Markus Bjorn Sascha Pohl, Dresden, Germany; Wilgard Pohl, Dresden, Germany; Richard Pool, Greenfield Surgery, Old Woking, Surrey, United Kingdom; Eugen Popescu, Spitalul Sfanta Maria, Clinica de Medicina Interna si Reumatologie, Bucharest, Romania; Patrick Prat, Nimes, France; Jitka Ptacek, Rehaklinik, Schonau, Germany; Mark Pugh, Saint Mary's Hospital, Vectasearch Clinic Ltd, Newport, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom; Jean-Yves Queinnec, Angers, France; Thomas Raabe, Bad Bentheim, Germany; Artur Racewicz, Wojewodzki Szpital Zespolony im Jedrzeja Sniadeckiego Oddzial Chorob Wewnetrznych i Osteoartrologii, Bialystok, Poland; Sarah Rae, Bedford Hospital, Bedford, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom; Gerd Raetzel, Augsburg, Germany; Werner Rahn, Waal, Germany; Franz Rainer, Krankenhaus der Barmherzigen Bruder, Graz, Austria; Andreas Rat, Munchberg, Germany; Thomas Rein, Plauen, Germany; Philippe Remaud, Angers, France; Adrian Charles Dominic Renouf, Chapell Platt Surgery, Topsham, Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom; Monika Reuss-Borst, Reha-Klinik Am Kurpark, Bad Kissingen, Germany; Horst Friedrich Rheingans, Hamm, Germany; Constanze Richter, Stuttgart, Germany; Jean-Philippe Richter, Lingolsheim, France; Ulrike Richter, Teltow, Germany; Thomas Riddermann, Marl, Germany; Wolfram Rieder, Bietigheim Bissingen, Germany; Bruno Rime, Versailles, France; Patrick Robert, Laval, France; Jurgen Roch, Dresden, Germany; Manuel Rodriguez-Gomez, Hospital General, Orense, Spain; Manuel Rodriguez-Perez, Hospital General, Orense, Spain; Jose Roman Ivorra, Hospital Universitario Dr Peset, Valencia, Spain; Gisela Rose, Kungsportslakarna, Goteborg, Sweden; Jean Rouviere, Arles, France; Stephen Charles Wyndham Rowlands, Bradford Road Medical Centre, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, United Kingdom; Jorg-Andres Rump, Greiburg, Germany; Martin Runge, Aerpah-Klinik Esslingen-Kenne, Esslingen, Germany; David Russell, Orchard Court Surgery, Darlington, Durham, United Kingdom; Pierre Saade, Orly, France; Carlo Salvarani, Ospedale Spallanzani, Reggio Emilia, Italy; Holgerm Samer, Haag, Germany; Raimon Sanmarti-Sala, Hospital Clinic I Provincial, Barcelona, Spain; Phillip Saunders, Ridgacre House Surgery, Quinton, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Joachim Sauter, Wangen, Germany; Jean-Philippe Savary, Perpignan, France; Jean-Yves Savidan, Evron, France; Thierry Schaeverbeke, Hopital Pellegrin Tripode, Bordeaux, France; Stefan Schafer, Bad Kissingen, Germany; Thomas Schafer, Kelkheim, Germany; Ernest Schell, Nurnberg, Germany; Michael Scherrer, Klinik Mayenbad, Bad Waldsee, Germany; Sven Schirbock, Zwickau, Germany; Bertrand Schmitt, Achenheim, France; Elmar Schmitz-Bortz, Institut Orthopadische Guutachten und klinische, Hattingen, Germany; Detlef Scholz, Schwerin, Germany; Agnes Lotte Schrepler-Konya, Mannheim, Germany; Werner Schroder, Delitzsch, Germany; Holger Schronrock, Bietigheim Bissingen, Germany; Florian Schuch, Erlangen, Germany; Paul Jorgen Schultz, Vojens, Denmark; Jorg Schulze, Plauen, Germany; Ulf Schutter, Marl, Germany; Hermann Schwarz, Freudenstadt, Germany; Jorg Schweigler, Freiburg, Germany; Lutz Seydlitz, Leipzig, Germany; Sui Yen Sham, Northfield, United Kingdom; Thomas Patrick Gerard Sheeran, Cannock Chase Hospital, Cannock, Staffordshire, United Kingdom; David Maxwell Sheldon, Pease Way Medical Centre, Newton Aycliffe, Durham, United Kingdom; Jean Sibilia, Hopital de Hautepierre, Strasbourg, France; Joachim Sieper, Freie Universitat Berlin, Universitatsklinikum Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, Germany; Stanislaw Sierakowski, Klinika Reumatologii i Chorob Wewnetrznych AM, Bialystok, Poland; Viviane Sinegre, Millau, France; Iveta Skurvydiene, Taurages Hospital, Taurage, Lithuania; Gillian Smith, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom; Alexander So, Lausanne, Switzerland; Siegfried Spath, Schwandorf, Germany; Wolfgang Spieler, Zerbst, Germany; Hans Detlev Stahl, ClinPharm International GmbH & Co KG, Leipzig, Germany; Friedrich Wilhelm Steinweg, Unna, Germany; Birgitta Strang-Olander, Malmo, Sweden; Egbert Stueken, Balve, Germany; Pere Subirana-Garcia, CAP Rio de Janeiro, Barcelona, Spain; Peter Suranyi, Kenezy Gyula-Megyei Korhaz, Reumatology Dept, Debrecen, Hungary; Rory CF Symons, Symons Medical Centre, Maidenhead, Berkshire, United Kingdom; Ferenc Szanyo, Petz Aladar Megyei Korhaz, Gyor, Hungary; Leszek Szczepanski, Gabinety Profesorow, Lublin, Poland; Zoltan Szekanecz, Debreceni Orvostudomanyi Egyetem Reumatology Clinic, Debrecen, Hungary; Gerard Tangerding, Wangen, Germany; Philippe Tauveron, Tours, France; David Taylor, Woodland Road Surgery, Northfield, West Midlands, United Kingdom; Hendrik Thiem, Lippstadt, Germany; Wolfgang Thies, Herrsching, Germany; Yuri S Tilkov, Russia Ministry of Health, Central Hospital #122, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation;

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Tadeusz Tomala, Svelvik medisinke senter, Svelvik, Norway; Jesus Tornero-Molina, Hospital General Universitario de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Spain; Juan Carlos Torre Alonso, Hospital Monte Naranco Servicio de Reumatologia, Oviedo, Spain; Martin Trennheuser, Wadgassen, Germany; Elena S Tsvelkova, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Hospital at the Institute of Rheumatology, Moscow, Russian Federation; David Tull, Castle Mead Medical Centre, Hinckley, Leicestershire, United Kingdom; Jaakko Tuomilehto, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Josip Udosic, Munchen, Germany; Daniel Uebelhart, Universitaetsspital Zuerich, Zurich, Switzerland; Achim Ulmer, Ludwigsburg, Germany; Arnold Vahlbruch, Lippstadt, Germany; Roland Vaisberg, Cannes La Boca, France; Jean-Pierre Valat, Hopital Trousseau, Tours, France; Antje van der Meij, Hagen, Germany; Donatas Vasiliauskas, Clinic Elite Medicale, Kaunas, Lithuania; Carmen Vazquez Veloso, CAP Poble Sec Les Hortes, Barcelona, Spain; Arild Vedvik, Hurdal legesenter, Hurdal, Norway; Steen Vejlo, Vejle, Denmark; Dieter Velth, Emmendingen, Germany; Francoise Venot-Fribourg, Paris, France; Eric Vignon, Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud, Pierre Benite, France; Ingvald Vika, Nordheim Legesenter, Karmsund, Norway; Peter M Villiger, Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland; Audun Visted, Hundvag Legesenter, Hundvag, Norway; Herbert Voit, Traunstein, Germany; Rainer von Knethen, Krummennaab, Germany; Dietrich von Stechow, Klinikum der Johann Wolfgang Gothe-Universitat Orthopädie, Frankfurt, Germany; Wilhelm Wagner, Bobingen, Germany; Tony Wall, The Health Centre, N Woking, Surrey, United Kingdom; Stephen Robert Walton, Stonecroft Medical Centre, Sheffield South Yorkshire, United Kingdom; Hans-Gert Weber, Borna, Germany; Ludwig Weh, Rehaklinik, Schonau, Germany; Achim Weisbrod, Habloch, Germany; Werner Weiss, Amberg, Germany; Edgar Weller, Dresden, Germany; Daniel Wendling, Jean-Minjoz University Hospital, Service de Cardiologie, Besancon, France; Ulrich Werkmeister, Isny, Germany; Hermann Wernsmann, Oelde, Germany; Bo Westerdahl, Kalltorps vardcentral, Trollhattan, Sweden; Susanne Wiedemann, Nurnberg, Germany; Andrew William-Alberic Wijnberg, Cornhill Surgery, Rubery, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Jean-Louis Willem, Colmar, France; Adrian Williams, Elgar House Surgery, Redditch, Worcestershire, United Kingdom; Klaus-Dieter Wolf, Hagen, Germany; Jurgen Wollenhaupt, Allgemeines Krankenhaus, Eilbeck, Hamburg, Germany; Heiner Woltering, Gronau, Germany; Peter Worle, Bobingen, Germany; Godehard Woywod, Warendorf, Germany; Gary Wright, Belfast City Hospital, Belfast, Antrim, United Kingdom; Arthur Wulwik, Paris, France; Omid Zamani, Vienna, Austria; Andreas Zemke, Berlin, Germany; Hans-Dieter Zug, Bobingen, Germany Africa David Gotlieb, Constantiaberg Hospital, Cape Town South Africa; Anne-Marie Halland, Panorama Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa; Asgar Ali Kalla, Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa; Ingrid Louw, Panorama Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa; Christopher Lyddell, Vincent Pallotti Hospital, Pinelands, Cape Town, South Africa; Brian Rayner, Brooklyn, Cape Town, South Africa; Helmuth Reuter, Tygerberg Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa; Brian D Sarembock, Chris Barnard Memorial Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa; Mohammed Tickly, Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa; Yvonne Trinder, Brooklyn, Cape Town, South Africa; Elsa M Van Duuren, Pretoria Academic Hospital, Pretoria, South Africa; Louis Van Zyl, Worcester, South Africa EDGE II Study North America John Assini, Schenectady, New York; Freddy Avni, Radiant Research Inc, West Palm Beach, Florida; Herbert S B Baraf, Arthritis and Rheumatism Associates, Wheaton, Maryland; Michael H Beilan, Suncoast Clinical Research, New Port Rickey, Florida; William Beliveau, Clinical Partners, LLC, Johnston, Rhode Island; Clyde J Bench, IHC Clinical Research Foundation, Salt Lake City, Utah; Dale G Bramlet, All Florida Orthapedic Associates, PA, St Petersburg, Florida; David Browning, Tulsa, Oklahoma; Francis Burch, Radiant Research, San Antonio, Texas; Jennifer Capezio, North Shore Rheumatology, Lake Forest, Illinois; Joel Carter, Ontario, Canada; Jenecsis Castro-Skoglund, Research Associates of Central Illinois, Peoria, Illinois; Prem Chatpar, Plainview, New York; Asif Cochinwala, Houston, Texas; Gary Colner, Research Across America, Oceanside, California; Jason D Connors, Triphase Research, Franklin, Ohio; Ralph F Costa, Partners in Primary Care, Voorhees, New Jersey; Raymond Crosby, South Georgia Orthapedic, PC, Valdosta, Georgia; Gregory Lee Curry, College Park Family Care Ctr/Multi-Specialty Clinical Research, Overland Park, Kansas; William F Davitt, III, Corona Research Consultants Inc, El Paso, Texas; Gregory J DelLorenzo, Cincinnati, Ohio; Joel Diamond, Research Endeavors, Cheswick, Pennsylvania; Robert DiRenzo, Partners in Primary Care, Turnersville, New Jersey; Gino DiVittorio,

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Coastal Clinical Research, Inc, Mobile, Alabama; Geoffrey Dolan, Long Beach, California; Robin Dore, Anaheim, California; Timothy Drehmer, Miami Valley Hospital/BioMedical Imaging Lab, Dayton, Ohio; James N Dreyfus, Medical Specialist Clinical Research Center, Munster, Indiana; Gerald M Eisenberg, Illinois Bone and Joint Institute, Morton Grove, Illinois; Steven K Elliott, Medisphere Medical Research Center, Evansville, Indiana; William Ellison, Radiant Research, Greer, South Carolina; Edward E Engel, Arthritis Associates, Erie, Pennsylvania; Walter Eversmeyer, Metaire, Louisiana; Sohrab Fallahi, Montgomery Rheumatology Associates, Montgomery, Alabama; Rafat Faraawi, Ontario, Canada; Martin S Farber, Sunnyview Hospital and Rehabilitation Center, Schenectady, New York; Frank H Farmer, Radiant Research, Daytona Beach, Florida; James Fidelholtz, Hilltop Physicians Associates/Hightop Medical Research, Cincinnati, Ohio; Rose S Fife, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana; Peter Fischer, Mansfield Health Center, Mansfield, Massachusetts; Mark Fisher, Haddon Heights, New Jersey; Harold E Fleming, Radiant Research, Greer, South Carolina; Kathleen Flint, Columbia Arthritis Center, Columbia, South Carolina; Pamela G Freeman, Rheumatology Associates of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida; Robert R Gao, Advanced Practice Clinical Research, Las Vegas, Nevada; Barry L Getzoff, Rockledge, Pennsylvania; Geoffrey Gladstein, Stamford Therapeutic Consortium, Stamford, Connecticut; Donald M Gleason, Advanced Clinical Therapeutics, Tucson, Arizona; Marc Alan Goldberg, New Jersey Physicians, Passaic, New Jersey; Edward Goldberger, Clinical Research Source, Inc, Perrysburg, Ohio; Richard D Gordon, Mercerville, New Jersey; William Gough, III, Asheville Arthritis and Osteoporosis Center, Asheville, North Carolina; Galen E Graham, United Medical Associates, Johnson City, New York; John Gresh, Renstar Medical Research, Ocala, Florida; David Hamm, Arthritis Specialists of Western Michigan, Grand Rapids, Michigan; Benjamin Harris, Phoenix Rheumatology Specialists, Ltd, Phoenix, Arizona; James T Hartford, Hartford Research Group, Florence, Kentucky; Simon M Helfgott, Braintree, Massachusetts; Carlos Herrera, Heights Doctor's Clinic, Houston, Texas; Mason Ivor Hubsher, Gulf Coast Pharmaceutical Research, Inc, Palm Harbor, Florida; Leroy Hunninghake, Princeton Rheumatology Associates and Osteoporosis Center, Princeton, New Jersey; Richard Hymowitz, Rheumatology and Arthritis Associates, Medford, New Jersey; Alan Kaell, Rheumatology Associates of Long Island, Smithtown, New York; Jeffery Kaine, Sarasota, Florida; Phillip S Kallen, Arthritis Associates of South Florida, Delray Beach, Florida; Ahmad A Kashif, Metrolina Medical Research, Charlotte, North Carolina; Yasmin B Kassam, Vernon, Connecticut; Stephen Kayota, Tidewater Integrated Medical Research, Virginia Beach, Virginia; Alan Kivitz, Altoona Center for Clinical Research, Duncanville, Pennsylvania; Scott Kleber, Laureate Clinical Research Group, Atlanta, Georgia; Terry Klein, Heartland Research Associates, LLC, Wichita, Kansas; W Patrick Knibble, Intermountain Orthapedics, Boise, Idaho; Elliot Joseph Kopp, CARE Center, Raleigh, North Carolina; Usharani Kumar, Orthapedic & Rheumatology Associates, Moline, Illinois; Mark Layton, South Puget Sound Clinical Research, Olympia, Washington; Kurt W Lesh, Lynn Institute of the Rockies, Colorado Springs, Colorado; Robert Levin, Tampa Bay Medical Research, Clearwater, Florida; Leticia Perez Lino, Hospital General de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico; Mitchell B Lowenstein, Arthritis Center, Palm Harbor, Florida; Charles L Ludivico, East Penn Rheumatology Associates, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; Richard Mangi, Allergy and Arthritis Associates/Connecticut Medical Group, Hamden, Connecticut; Ralph Marcus, Rheumatology Associates of North Jersey, Teaneck, New Jersey; Howard Marker, Summit Research Solutions, Memphis, Tennessee; Steven D Mathews, Jacksonville Center for Clinical Research, Jacksonville, Florida; Lawrence McAdam, Thousand Oaks, California; Harris H McIllwain, Tampa Medical Group, Tampa, Florida; Jerry Mitchell, Texas Center for Drug Development, Houston, Texas; Arthur J Mollen, Mollen Clinic/Southwest Health Ltd, Phoenix, Arizona; Joseph Edward Moran, Carolina Pharmaceutical Research, Statesville, North Carolina; Steen Mortensen, Wichita Clinic, PA, Wichita, Kansas; William Stanley Mullican, Medisphere Medical Research Center, Evansville, Indiana; Jeffery Stewart Neal, Bluegrass Community Research, Inc, Lexington, Kentucky; Solomon Noguera, St Louis Center for Clinical Research, St Louis, Missouri; Daniel K Norden, Rheumatology Associates, Norristown, Pennsylvania; Meenaks Patel, Triphase Research, Franklin, Ohio; Dayton Dennis Payne, Unifor Medical Research Associates, Hickory, North Carolina; Brian Peck, Arthritis Center of Connecticut, Waterbury, Connecticut; Eric A Peters, Arizona Arthritis and Rheumatology Associates, Paradise Valley, Arizona; Michael Pick, Springfield Clinic, Springfield, Illinois; Michael B Pickrell, Austin Rheumatology Research, Austin, Texas; Larry Popeil, Magnolia Research Group, Inc, Ocala, Florida; Ralph Walter Powell, Health Core, Inc, Newark, Delaware; Donald H Pritchard, Radiant Research, Gainsville, Florida; James Quigley, Encompass Clinical Research of North Coast, Encinitas, California; Bruce Rankin, University Clinical Research DeLand, DeLand, Florida; Ronald Rappoport, Phase III Clinical Research, Fall River, Massachusetts; Kathryn R Rigonan, Southland Clinical

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Research Center, Fountain Valley, California; Warren Rizzo, Advanced Arthritis Care and Research, Scottsdale, Arizona; Leo J Robb, III, Eagle Medical Associates, Glenmoore, Pennsylvania; Alan K Rogers, Arizona Research Associates, Tucson, Arizona; Jane Rohlf, Trenton, New Jersey; Anthony Rufus Rolfe, Cowan Avenue Medical Clinic, Newfoundland, Canada; Robert Roschmann, Rheumatology PC, Kalamazoo, Michigan; Adam M Rosen, DMI Health Care Group, Inc, Largo, Florida; Sidney Rosenblatt, Protocare Trials Irvine Center for Clinical Research, Irvine, California; Daniel Rosler, Milwaukee Rheumatology Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Alan Roumm, Camphill, Pennsylvania; Reginald Sanders, Wilson & Sanders, Inc, New Orleans, Louisiana; Philippe A Saxe, Arthritis Associates of South Florida, Delray Beach, Florida; Nicholas Scarpa, Jersey City, New Jersey; Joy Schectman, Sun Valley Arthritis Center, Ltd/Research Department, Glendale, Arizona; Leah Schmidt, Advanced Clinical Therapeutics, Tucson, Arizona; Anthony I Sebba, Arthritis Associates, Palm Harbor, Florida; Linda Shookster, Rheumatology Associates of Southern Westchester, New Rochelle, New York; Evan L Siegel, Center for Rheumatology and Bone Research, Rockville, Maryland; H Arthur Silverman, San Diego, California; Kenneth Skeith, Allin Clinic, Alberta, Canada; Andrew J Slaski, Arizona Research Associates, Tucson, Arizona; Elaine Soucy, Oakville Medical Centre, Ontario, Canada; Joseph Soufer, Comprehensive Neuro Science, Inc, Waterbury, Connecticut; Michael T Stack, Diagnostic Rheumatology and Research, Indianapolis, Indiana; David B Stanton, Community Clinical Trials, Orange, California; Mark A Stern, Springfield Clinic, Springfield, Illinois; Kyle Strader, North Carolina Arthritis and Allergy Care Center, Raleigh, North Carolina; Gary Sultany, Northwest Rheumatology Associates, PC, Portland, Oregon; Nadera Sweiss, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois; John Tesser, Radiant Research, Phoenix, Arizona; Jack R Tomlinson, Grayline Clinical Drug Trials, Wichita Falls, Texas; Robert G Trapp, Arthritis Center, Springfield, Illinois; David Waddell, Orthopedic Specialist of Louisiana, Shreveport, Louisiana; Brian Walls, Pharmaceutical Research Associates, Inc, Merritt Island, Florida; Richard L Weinstein, Diablo Clinical Research, Inc, Walnut Creek, California; Bram Wieskopf, North GA Clinical Research, Woodstock, Georgia; Larry Willis, Lynn Health Science Institute, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Peter Winkle, Orange County Clinical Research/Eastgate Medical Center, Cypress, California; David Worth, CliniSearch, Inc, Kenilworth, New Jersey; Yusuf Yazici, Brooklyn Heights Arthritis Associates, Brooklyn, New York; Farrukh Zaidi, Clinical Research of Western Florida, Inc, Clearwater, Florida; Steven Zeig, Pines Clinical Research, Pembroke Pines, Florida South & Central America Eduardo Acevedo, Hospital Nacional Guillermo, Lima, Peru; Franciso Ballesteros, Hospital Clinico San Borja-Arriaran, Santiago, Chile; Manuel Barros Bertolo, Universidade Estadual de Campinas Hospital das Clinicas, Campinas, Brazil; Rubens Bonfiglioli, Pontifica Universidade Catolica de Campinas/Hospital e maternidade Celso Pierro-PUC, Campinas, Brazil; Pedro Miranda Cabezas, Hospital San Juan de Dios, Santiago, Chile; Sonia Castillo, Hospital de Emergencias, Lima, Peru; Jose Chavez, Hospital Nacional, Lima, Peru; Angela Pinto Duarte, Hospital das Clinicas/Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil; Manuel Ferrandiz, Clinica Ricardo Palma, Peru; Claudio Galarza, Reumaceb la Novaclinica Santa Cecilia, Quito, Ecuador; Anneliese Goecke, Santiago, Chile; Julio Hofman, Hospital Interzonal General de Agudos Eva Peron, San Martin, Argentina; Rita Kuroiwa, Instituto Peruano del Climaterio, Lima, Peru; Teolinda Maldonado, Hospital Universitaro, Barquisimeto, Venezuela; Pablo Monge, Clinica Integral, Guadalupe, San Jose, Costa Rica; Gustavo Nasswetter, Hospital de Clinicas Jose de San Martin, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Eliana Paz, Clinica Ricardo Palma Torre, Lima, Peru; Risto Perich-Campos, Clinica Ricardo Palma, Lima, Peru; Armando Calvo Quiroz, Hospital Nacional Cayetano, Lima, Peru; Sebastiao Radominski, Hospital de Clinicas/Universidade Federal do Parana, Curitba, Brazil; Pablo J Riedmann, Hospital Regional de temuco, Temuco, Chile; Marilia Barreto Silva, Hospital Universitario/Evangelico de Curitba, Curitba, Brazil; Hector Quevedo Solidoro, Clinica Maison de Sante del Sur, Lima, Peru; Horacio Venarotti, Hospital Miltar Cenral M Campos, Capital Federal, Argentina Asia Pacific Clemente Morando Amante, Phillippine General Hospital, Manila, Philippines; Nicholas Benton, Auckland Hospital/Rheumatology Dept, Grafton, Auckland, New Zealand; David Bossingham, Parramatta Park, Queensland, Australia; Russell Buchanan, Austin & Repatriation Medical Centre/Dept of Rheumatology, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia; Pei-Chih Chen, Chi Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan; Tien-Tsai Cheng, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; Nicola Dalbeth, Auckland Hospital/Rheumatology Dept, Grafton, Auckland, New Zealand; Peter Gow, Middlemore

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Hospital/Rheumatology Dept, Otahu, Aukland, New Zealand; Jieruo Gu, The 3rd Affiliated Hospital/Zhong Shan University, Guangzhou, China; Suk Chyn Gun, Hospital Seremban, Negeri, Sembilan, Malaysia; Stephen Hall, Cabrini Medical Centre-Rheumatology, Malvern, Victoria, Australia; Patrick Hanrahan, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital/Maggie Crowe Goatcher Clinical Research Unit, Nedlands, Australia; Hamish Hart, Outreach Northshore Hospital/Star Unit, Takapuna, Aukland, New Zealand; Peter Jones, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Rotorua, New Zealand; Zhanguo Li, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China; Peter Nash, Sixth Avenue Specialist Ctr, Maroochydore, Queensland, Australia; Kevin Pile, Basil Hetzel Institute/Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woodville, SA, Australia; Maureen Rischmueller, Basil Hetzel Institute/Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woodville, SA, Australia; Joe Singh, Outreach Northshore Hospital/Star Unit, Takapuna, Aukland, New Zealand; Perry Pua Tan, Jose R Reyes Memorial Medical Center, Manila, Philippines; Tito Torralba, University of Santo Tomas, Manila, Philippines; Wen-Chan Tsai, Kaohsiung Medical University/Chung-Ho Memorial, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; Nanping Yang, West China Hospital/Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China Europe Thomas Aaboe, Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark; Mohammed Akil, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom; Mahmoud Najeh Alkhoffash, Bassetlaw District Hospital NHS Trust Kilton Hill Workshop, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom; Alberto Alonso-Ruiz, Hospital de Cruces, Bilbao, Vizcaya, Spain; Rieke Herta Erica Alten, Schlosspark-Klinik/Rheumatologie und Physikalische Therapie, Berlin, Germany; Spyros Aslanidas, Ippokratio Nosokomeio, Thessalonki, Greece; Bernard Auvient, Laval, France; Jean-Charles Balblanc, Belfored, France; Asta Baranauskaite, Viesoji Istaiga Klaipedos Ligonine/Dept of Reumathology/KLAIIPEDOS Hospital, Kaunas, Lithuania; Jannine Marion Beier, Odense, Denmark; Janos Bereczki, Markhot Ferenc Korhaz, Eger, Hungary; Hubert Berghs, Bretheistraat, Genk, Belgium; Michael Berliner, Klinikum der Justus-Liebig-UniversitatMed, Giessen, Germany; Marie-Christophe Boissier, Hopital Avicenne, Bobigny, France; Eva Maria Bonninghoff, Beckum, Germany; Martin Borchers, Universitat Witten/Herdecke, Witten, Germany; Marek Brzosko, Klinika Reumatologii PAM, Szczecin, Poland; Fabrizio Cantini, Ospedale Di Prato, Prato, Italy; Eugenio Chamizo Carmona, Hospital de Merida, Merida, Spain; Bernard Combe, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire/Hospital Lapeyronie, Montpellier, France; Hans-Gerd Dammann, Klinische Forschung Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany; Harald Daute, Ludenscheid, Germany; Luc DeClercq, Algemeen Ziekenhuis Sint-Augustinus, Wilrijk, Belgium; Joel Dehais, Hopital Pellegrin Tripode, Bordeaux, France; Phillippe Dessauw, Bd Lacroix, Narbonne, France; Luigi Di Matteo, Ospedale Civile Spirito Santo Reumatologia Ala Sud, Pescara, Italy; Leif Ejstrup, Odense Universitets Hospital, Odense, Denmark; Ali Ihsan Ertenli, Hacettpe University, Ankara, Turkey; Patrice Fardellone, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire/Hospital Nord, Amiens, France; Augusto Faustino, Servimed, Lisbon, Portugal; Jean-Louis Feldmann, Argenteuil, France; Carlos Gonzalez Fernandez, General Gregorio Maranon Hospital, Madrid, Spain; Gerhard Fliedner, Innere Medizin Rheumatologie, Osnabruck, Germany; Adrian Florescu, Vordingborg, Denmark; Luigi Frizziero, Ospedale Maggiore Reumatologia, Bologna, Italy; Peter Funke, Lippstadt, Germany; Janos Gal, County Hospital/Dept of Rheumatology, Kecskemet, Hungary; Pieter Geusens, Limburgs Universitair Centrum, Diepenbeek, Belgium; Jose Melo Gomes, Servimed, Lisbon, Portugal; Erika Gromnica-Ihle, Krankenhaus Berlin-Buch, Berlin, Germany; Hans Christian Gulseth, Betanien Hospital, Skien, Norway; Rosemarie Hampel, ClinPharm International GmbH & Co KG, Gorlitz, Germany; Vedat Hamuryudan, University of Instanbul/Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey; Birthe Lund Hansen, Odense, Denmark; Tore Hansen, Gjovik Legesenter, Gjovik, Norway; Friedrich Hasler, Switzerland; Ronny Andre Hele, Nordland Sentralsykehus, Bodo, Norway; Stefan Hellinger, Munchen, Germany; Pascal Hilliquin, Corbell, France; Harry Houben, Atrium Medisch Centrum, Heerlen, Netherlands; Kjetil Hoye, Senter for Kliniske Studier, Hamar, Norway; Hans-Henrik Ibfelt, Hillerod, Denmark; Lennart Jacobsson, Universitetssjukhueset Malmo Allmanna Sjukhus Reumatologkliniken, Malmo, Sweden; Zrinka Jajic, Sestre Milosrdnice University Hospital/Clinical Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia; Eric Maximiliaan Jean-MarVeys, Universiteit Gent Universitair Ziekenhuis Gent, Gent, Belgium; Herbert Kellner, Universitat Munchen, Munchen, Germany; Ute Keymer, ClinPharm International GmbH & Co KG, Gorlitz, Germany; Liv Kjustad, Buskerud Sentralsykehus, Drammen, Norway; Ole Gard Knudsrod, Horten Heiseenter, Horton, Norway; Andreas Krause, Immanuel Krankenhaus-GmbH, Berlin, Germany; Klaus Kruger, St Bonifatiusstr, Munchen, Germany; Reiner Kurthen, Germany; Herbert Lang, Plauen, Germany; Jean-Claude Lapraz, Rue de la Butte, Nice, France; Michael Rud Lassen, Horsholm Sygehus, Horsholm, Denmark; Werner Liman, Evangelisches Krankenhaus, Hagen, Germany; Cesar Diaz Lopez,

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Hospital de la Santa Creu I Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain; Birger Lund, Osterbrogade, Copenhagen, Denmark; Konrad Machalke, Meinberg, Germany; Michel Malaise, CHU de Liege-Rhumatologie, Belgium; Duska Martinovic, Klinicka Hospital Split-Firule, Split, Croatia; Jane Birgitte Mathiesen, Odense, Denmark; Yves Maugars, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nantes, Nantes, France; Torjer Meling, Stavanger, Norway; Hans Friedrich Meyer, Marl, Germany; Frank Mielke, Berlin, Germany; Knut Mikkelsen, Revmatismesykehuset, Lillehammer, Norway; Vidar Moldegard, Gjovik Legesenter, Gjovik, Norway; Jadranka Morovic-Vergles, Klinicka Bolnica Dubrava, Zagreb, Croatia; Urs Moser, Switzerland; Erich Mur, Innsbruck University Medical Clinic, Innsbruck, Austria; Lilla Nafradi, Vas Megye County Hospital/Reumatology Dept, Szombathely, Hungary; Federico Navarro-Sarabia, Virgin Macarena University Hospital, Sevilla, Spain; Ruth Nischik, Zentrum fur Therapiestudien, Leipzig, Germany; Srdan Novak, Klinicka Bolnicki Center Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia; Britt-Marie Nyhall-Wahlin, Falun Hospital/Klinken for reumatologi, Falun, Sweden; Erik Snorre Ofjord, Senter for Kliniske Studier, Paradis, Norway; David O'Reilly, West Suffolk Hospitals NHS Trust, Suffolk, United Kingdom; Mikkel Ostergaard, Hvidovre Hospital, Hvidovre, Denmark; Jean Ouaniche, Boyere Hospital, LaGarde, France; Leena Paimela, Forumin Laakariasema, Helsinki, Finland; Marta Larrosa Pedro, Consorci Hospitalari Parc Tauli, Barcelona, Spain; Henrik Peterhoff, Lakarhuset Kneippen Linkopingsvagen, Norrkoping, Sweden; Michael Plant, James Cook University Hospital, Middlesborough, Cleveland, United Kingdom; Jan Poedenphant, Harlev Amissygehus, Herlev, Denmark; Armando Lopes Porto, Hospitais da Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal; Artur Racewicz, Wojewodzki Szpital Zespolony, Bialystok, Poland; Frank Raeman, Jan Palfijn Ziekenhuis, Merksem, Belgium; Erik Rodevand, Sankt Olavs Hospital, Trondheim, Norway; Peter Schneider, Bruderkrankenhaus St Jose Abt/Rheumatologie Sanchsenecke, Olsberg, Germany; Ulrich Schoo, Facharzt fur Innere Medzin, Rheine, Germany; Loucas Settas, First General Hospital of Thessalonki, Thessaloniki, Greece; Petros Sfikakis, Peripheral General Hospital, Athens, Greece; Arne Skag, Senter for Kliniske Studier, Hamar, Norway; Helmut Sorensen, Krankenhaus Waldfriede, Berlin, Germany; Hans Detlev Stahl, ClinPharm International GmbH & Co KG, Lepzig, Germany; Stefano Stisi, Azienda Ospedaliera Reumatologia, Benevento, Italy; Egbert Stueken, CTS GmbH, Balve, Germany; Peter Suranyi, Kenezy Gyula-Megyei Korhaz/Reumatology Dept, Debrecen, Hungary; Annika Teleman, Spenshults reumatikersjukhus, Oskarstrom, Sweden; Phillippe Thomas, Bel Air Hospital, Thionville, France; Tadeusz Tomala, Svelvik Medisinske senter, Svelvik, Norway; Alberto Bermundez Torrente, Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca, Murcia, Spain; Jaakko Tuomilehto, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Murat Turgay, Ankara Universities Tip Fakultesi/IBNI Sina Hospital Romatology Department, Ankara, Turkey; Manuel Guzman Ubeda, Hospital Universitaro Virgen de las Nieves, Granada, Spain; Mart Van De Laar, Medisch Spectrum Twente, Enschede, Netherlands; Ronald van Vollenhaven, karolinska Universitetssjukhuset-Solna/Reumatologkliniken, Stockholm, Sweden; Gust Verbruggen, Izegem, Belgium; Laurence Voisin-Becquet, Rouen, France; Heike Weidemann, Hannover, Germany; Hennig Zeidler, Medizinische Hochschule, Hannover, Germany Africa Ingrid Louw, Panorama Med Clinic Hennie, Panorama, Capetown, South Africa; Christopher Lyddell, Vincent Pallotti Hospital/Rheumatology Unit, Capetown, South Africa Middle East Thurayya Arayssi, American University of Beirut Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon EDGE Study North America Richard E Abbott, Strong Medical Group, Rochester, New York; Micha Abeles, University of Connecticut Health Center/Division of Rheumatology, Farmington, Connecticut; Raymond A Adelizzi, Arthritis Center of South Jersey, Stratford, New Jersey; Alan J Adler, American Health Network, Kokomo, Indiana; Jay L Adler, Clinicos, LLC, Colorado Springs, Colorado; Bruce Alexander, North Texas Clinical Research, Irving, Texas; Jeffrey Alper, Melbourne Internal Medicine Associates (MIMA), Melbourne, Florida; Mark C Antonishen, Northern Michigan Hospital, Petoskey, Michigan; Dennis L Armstrong, Mesa, Arizona; John F Assini, Sunnyview Bone Health Center, Schenectady, New York; Allan B Aven, Arlington Heights, Illinois; Ann M Babbitt, Greater Portland Bone & Joint Specialists, South Portland, Maine; David E Bacha, Crystal Arthritis Center, Akron, Ohio; Herbert SB Baraf, The Center for Rheumatology & Bone Research,

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Wheaton, Maryland; Scott W Baumgartner, The Physicians Clinic of Spokane, Spokane, Washington; Garry Bayliss, Lewis-Gale Clinic, Salem, Virginia; Harold Bays, L-MARC Research Center, Louisville, Kentucky; Carol A Beals, Beals Institute, Lansing, Michigan; William J Beliveau, Clinical Partners, LLC, Johnston, Rhode Island; Clyde J Bench, IHC Clinical Research Foundation, Salt Lake City, Utah; Ramsin M Benyamin, Central Illinois Neuroscience Foundation, Bloomington, Illinois; Martin Berry, Martin Berry, MD, Inc, Bakersfield, California; Jack G Bertolino, Lewiston, New York; Robert B Bettis, Edmonds Family Medicine Clinic, Edmonds, Washington; Charles A Birbara, Clinical Pharmacology Study Group, Worcester, Massachusetts; Patricia L Blanchette, Honolulu, Hawaii; Arthur Bobrove, Palo Alto Medical Foundation, Palo Alto, California; Alan S Bock, nTouch Research, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Barry I Bockow, Arthritis Northwest, Seattle, Washington; R Peter Bonafede, Providence Arthritis Center, Portland, Oregon; Stephen A Bookbinder, Ocala Rheumatology Research Center, Ocala, Florida; Jeffrey E Booth, Arthritis & Rheumatic Disease Clinic, Ogden, Utah; David G Borenstein, The Center for Rheumatology and Bone Research, Washington, DC; W Scott Bowen, Martin Bowen Hefley Knee and Sports, Little Rock, Arkansas; Jane H Box, The Arthritis Clinic and Carolina Bone & Joint, Charlotte, North Carolina; Dale G Bramlet, All Florida Orthopedic Associates, PA, St Petersburg, Florida; Linda S Brecher, Burlington County Internal Medicine Associates, Willingboro, New Jersey; Alan L Brodsky, Arthritis Care and Diagnostic Center, Dallas, Texas; Michael S Brooks, Physicians' Clinic of Iowa, Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Noor Bunney, Troy Medical, PC, Troy, Michigan; Robert Burton, Quality Research for Medical Advancement, LLC, Anaheim, California; Howard M Busch, Jupiter, Florida; Edward Busick, Jr, Clinica Research, Waltham, Massachusetts; LeRoy J Byrd, Rowan Research Inc, Spokane, Washington; Barbara A Caciolo, St Louis Center for Clinical Research, St Louis, Missouri; Roger K Cady, Headache Care Center/Clinvest, Springfield, Missouri; Jennifer J Capezio, North Shore Rheumatology, Lake Forest, Illinois; Thomas C Carlsen, The Orthopedic & Neurosurgical Center of the Cascades, Bend, Oregon; Steven Carsons, Winthrop University Hospital/Clinical Trials Center, Mineola, New York; James Chabala, Quality Care Medical Center, Carlsbad, California; John Mac Chandler, Chandler Family Practice, Bossier City, Louisiana; Prem Chatpar, Plainview, New York; Allen L Chodock, Mamaroneck, New York; Yun Sun Choe, South Puget Sound Clinical Research Center, Olympia, Washington; Shane G Christensen, J Lewis Research, Inc/Foothill Family Clinic South, Salt Lake City, Utah; Hollis J Clark, Primary Care Research, Murray, Kentucky; Christine E Codding, Health Research Institute, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Daniel H Cohen, Rheumatology Consultants, LLP, Hewlett, New York; Stanley B Cohen, Radiant Research-Dallas, Dallas, Texas; Keith K Colburn, Jerry L Pettis VA Medical Center, Loma Linda, California; Harry Collins, Anderson & Collins Clinical Research, Inc, South Plainfield, New Jersey; Kathleen L Collins, Christie on Windsor, Champaign, Illinois; Ronald L Collins, Columbia Arthritis, Columbia, South Carolina; Gary A Colner, Quality Care Medical Center, Carlsbad, California; Scott E Conard, Tiena Health Research, Irving, Texas; Jason D Connors, Tri Phase Research, Franklin, Ohio; John M Conte, Rheumatology Associates, Providence, Rhode Island; Gregg O Coodley, Fanno Creek Clinic, LLC, Portland, Oregon; Nathan Coonrod, Advanced Clinical Research, Boise, Idaho; Bruce C Corser, Community Research Management Associates, Inc, Cincinnati, Ohio; Cormac Coyle, Cape Cod Clinical Trials, West Yarmouth, Massachusetts; Jeffrey L Craig, Sterling Research Group, Ltd, Cincinnati, Ohio; Dick N Creager, J Lewis Research, Inc/US Healthworks, South Jordan, Utah; Raymond D Crosby, South Georgia Orthopedics, PC, Valdosta, Georgia; Mary Ellen Csuka, Medical College of Wisconsin/Division of Rheumatology, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Martha D'Ambrosio, Arthritis Associates and Osteoporosis Center of Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs, Colorado; Jeffrey C Davis, Capstone Clinical Trials, Inc, Birmingham, Alabama; Mark E Davis, Marshfield Clinic, Wausau, Wisconsin; Donald M Denmark, Integris Family Care Edmond, Edmond, Oklahoma; Emmanuel P DeNoia, Healthcare Discoveries, San Antonio, Texas; Atul Deodhar, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon; Gino DiVittorio, Coastal Clinical Research, Inc, Mobile, Alabama; Geoffrey S Dolan, Long Beach, California; Louise A Donikyan, Research Testing Laboratories, Inc, Hackensack, New Jersey; Robin K Dore, Robin K Dore, MD, Inc, Anaheim, California; James E Dowd, Howell, Michigan; John I Doyle, III, Central Kentucky Research Associates, Lexington, Kentucky; James Dreyfus, Medical Specialists, Munster, Indiana; Paul A Dura, Regional Rheumatology Associates, Binghamton, New York; Joel Eade, Internal Medicine Associates, Campbellsville, Kentucky; Wendy R Eider, Rheumatology Northwest/Clinical Trials Northwest, Yakima, Washington; Gerald M Eisenberg, Illinois Bone and Joint Institute, Morton Grove, Illinois; Salah E El Hafi, Med-Tech Research, Houston, Texas; Steven K Elliott, MediSphere Medical Research Center, LLC, Evansville, Indiana; Ronald D Emkey, Radiant Research/Reading, Wyomissing, Pennsylvania; Edward E Engel, Arthritis Associates, Erie, Pennsylvania; Bryce E Epstein, Orthopedic Care

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& Sports Medicine Center, Aventura, Florida; John E Ervin, The Center for Pharmaceutical Research, Kansas City, Missouri; Adahli Estrada, East Alabama Arthritis Center, Auburn, Alabama; J Gary Evans, Northeast Florida Endocrine & Diabetes Research Center, Jacksonville, Florida; Sohrab Fallahi, Montgomery Rheumatology, Montgomery, Alabama; Jason Faller, New York, New York; Mildred V Farmer, Meridien Research, St Petersburg, Florida; James T Farrell, Midwest Pharmaceutical Research, St Peters, Missouri; Justus J Fiechtner, Fiechtner Research, Lansing, Michigan; Thomas Fiel, Tempe Primary Care Associates, PC, Tempe, Arizona; Ellen M Field-Munves, Gateway Professional Center, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; Harold J Fields, Village Family Practice, Houston, Texas; Ray Forbes, Internist Associates of CNY, Syracuse, New York; Joseph Z Forstot, RASF Clinical Research Center, Boca Raton, Florida; Asad D Fraser, Graves Gilbert Clinic, Bowling Green, Kentucky; David L Fried, Omega Medical Research, Warwick, Rhode Island; HS Eugene Fung, The Arthritis & Osteoporosis Clinic Research Center of Central Texas, Waco, Texas; Kenneth H Fye, University of California/San Francisco Clinical Trials Center, San Francisco, California; Walter Gaman, North Texas Clinical Research, Irving, Texas; W Thomas Garland, Radiant Research San Diego, San Diego, California; Norman B Gaylis, Arthritis and Rheumatic Disease Specialists, Aventura, Florida; Michael R Gedeon, Internal Medicine of Akron, Akron, Ohio; Harry I Geisberg, Radiant Research, Anderson, South Carolina; David B George, Bluegrass Clinical Research, Inc, Louisville, Kentucky; Larry I Gilderman, University Clinical Research, Inc, Pembroke Pines, Florida; Ronald M Gilman, Safe Harbor Clinical Research, East Providence, Rhode Island; Joseph S Gimbel, Arizona Research Center, Inc, Phoenix, Arizona; Geoffrey Gladstein, Stamford Therapeutics Consortium, LLC, Stanford, Connecticut; F Michael Gloth, III, Victory Springs Senior Health Associates, Reisterstown, Maryland; David H Goddard, Arthritis & Osteoporosis Center of Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn, New York; Marc A Goldberg, New Jersey Physicians, LLC, Passaic, New Jersey; Allan Goldman, The Rheumatic Disease Center, Glendale, Wisconsin; Darrell E Gorman, Arvada, Colorado; Eugene J Gosy, Williamsville, New York; Galen E Graham, Jr, Regional Clinical Research, Endwell, New York; William L Gray, Spokane, Washington; Jerry A Green, Clinical Research Center of CT/NY, Division of Arthritis Associates, Danbury, Connecticut; Maria W Greenwald, Desert Medical Advances, Palm Desert, California; Robert Greenwald, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park, New York; John P Gresh, Arthritis and Osteoporosis Care Center, PA, Ocala, Florida; Joseph M Grisanti, Buffalo Rheumatology, Orchard Park, New York; James S Grober, ENH Medical Group - Rheumatology, Evanston, Illinois; Michael Guma, North Jersey Rheumatology, Kearny, New Jersey; Ira J Guttentag, Florida Medical Clinic, PA/Clinical Research Division, Zephyrhills, Florida; Joseph Habros, Radiant Research, Inc, Scottsdale, Arizona; Terrence C Hack, Primary Care Cardiology Research, Ayer, Massachusetts; Kevin V Hackshaw, Wendt-Bristol Research Center, Columbus, Ohio; Martin E Hale, Gold Coast Research LLC, Plantation, Florida; David D Hamm, Arthritis Specialists of Western Michigan, Grand Rapids, Michigan; Benjamin K Harris, Phoenix Rheumatology Specialists, Ltd, Phoenix, Arizona; E Robert Harris, Whittier, California; Howard W Hauptman, Rheumatology Associates of Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland; Matthew D Heller, Arthritis Associates, Inc, Peabody, Massachusetts; John A Higginbotham, Sports Med, Huntsville, Alabama; Kathryn Hobbs, Denver Arthritis Clinic, Denver, Colorado; Peter A Holt, Chesapeake Medical Research, Baltimore, Maryland; Richard W Honsinger, Allergy, Asthma and Internal Medicine, Ltd, Los Alamos, New Mexico; Brian D Houston, Morgantown, West Virginia; Shannon Howe, Alta Clinical Research, LLC, Tucson, Arizona; Stephen L Hufman, Wenatchee Valley Clinic/Clinical Research, Wenatchee, Washington; Steven T Hugenberg, Indiana University School of Medicine/Rheumatology Division, Indianapolis, Indiana; Steven G Hull, Vince and Associates Clinical Research, Overland Park, Kansas; Richard Hymowitz, Rheumatology & Arthritis Associates, Medford, New Jersey; E Christopher Iliades, Cape Cod Clinical Trials, West Yarmouth, Massachusetts; Christopher G Jackson, University of Utah/Division of Rheumatology, Salt Lake City, Utah; Michael B Jacobs, Radiant Research Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada; Adrian Jaffer, Allergy & Rheumatology Medical Clinic, Inc, La Jolla, California; Kevin B Johnson, Advanced Clinical Research, Salt Lake City, Utah; Beth L Jonas, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Randolph P Jones, Clinical Interventions Research Institute, Mission Viejo, California; S Michael Jones, Little Rock Diagnostic Clinic, Little Rock, Arkansas; Alan T Kaell, Rheumatology Associates of Long Island, Smithtown, New York; Shelly P Kafka, Altoona Center for Clinical Research, Duncansville, Pennsylvania; Jeffrey Kaine, Sarasota Arthritis Research Center, Sarasota, Florida; Roy A Kaplan, East Bay Clinical Trial Center, Concord, California; David R Karp, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas; Reynold M Karr, Everett, Washington; Yasmin Kassam, Vernon, Connecticut; Stuart S Kassan, Colorado Arthritis Associates, Denver, Colorado; Warren A Katz, Bala Cynwyd Rheumatology Associates, Bala Cynwyd,

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Pennsylvania; John D Kaufman, Santa Clarita, California; Stephen Kayota, Tidewater Integrated Medical Research, Virginia Beach, Virginia; Michael I Keller, San Diego Arthritis and Osteoporosis Medical Clinic, San Diego, California; Phillip W Kempf, The Arthritis Clinic of Northern Virginia, Arlington, Virginia; Alastair C Kennedy, Vero Beach, Florida; Boris Kerzner, Health Trends Research, LLC, Baltimore, Maryland; Bal Krishna Khandelwal, Arthritis & Osteoporosis Center, Midland, Texas; Paul J Killian, Arthritis and Rheumatic Disease Associates, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Ellen Kim, Albuquerque Clinical Trials, Albuquerque, New Mexico; Robert Kimelheim, Elite Medical Research, Inc, Sellersville, Pennsylvania; Murray Kimmel, Comprehensive Neuroscience Inc, Melbourne, Florida; Charles M King, II, North Mississippi Medical Clinic, Inc, Tupelo, Mississippi; Louis C Kirby, Pivotal Research Centers, Peoria, Arizona; Scott B Kleber, Laureate Clinical Research Group, Atlanta, Georgia; Terry D Klein, Heartland Research Associates, LLC, Wichita, Kansas; C Michael Knee, Midland Park, New Jersey; W Patrick Knibbe, Intermountain Orthopaedics, Boise, Idaho; Karen S Kolba, Pacific Arthritis Center Medical Group, Santa Maria, California; Geetha R Komatireddy, University of Missouri Health Care/Office of Clinical Research, Columbia, Missouri; Joel Kremer, The Center for Rheumatology, Albany, New York; George H Krick, Cedar Medical Center, Tacoma, Washington; Kelly D Krohn, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Steven J Kulback, Birmingham Heart Clinic, Birmingham, Alabama; Usharani M Kumar, Orthopaedic & Rheumatology Associates, Moline, Illinois; John La Fata, Progressive Clinical Research, Vista, California; Steven Landgarten, Hillcrest Medical Group/Utica Park Clinic, Tulsa, Oklahoma; Lawrence V Larsen, Intermountain Clinical Research, Salt Lake City, Utah; James F Lawless, FFM Clinical Research, Camillus, New York; Burton W Lazar, The Portland Clinic, LLP, Portland, Oregon; Albert Lee, Sentara Medical Group/dba NDC Medical Center, Norfolk, Virginia; Robert W Levin, Robert W Levin, MD, PA, Dunedin, Florida; Ralph A Liebelt, Triangle Orthopaedic Associates, PA, Durham, North Carolina; Alex Limanni, Arthritis Centers of Texas, Dallas, Texas; Dennis H Linden, Rogue Valley Physicians Clinical Research Group, Medford, Oregon; Stephen M Lindsey, Ochsner Clinic Foundation/c/o Research Department, Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Richard M Linn, Park Place Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation, Plantation, Florida; Robert S Lipetz, Encompass Clinical Research, Spring Valley, California; William L Lipman, East Coast Clinical Research, Salisbury, Massachusetts; Thomas W Littlejohn, III, Piedmont Medical Research Associates, Winston-Salem, North Carolina; Seth H Lourie, SOMARC Trials, LLC, Greenbelt, Maryland; Michael R Lovy, Tacoma, Washington; Charles L Ludivico, East Penn Rheumatology Associates, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; John L Luetkemeyer, Pensacola, Florida; Daryl K MacCarter, Idaho Arthritis & Osteoporosis, Meridian, Idaho; William S Makarowski, Center for Assessment and Research of Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania; James R Malinak, James R Malinak, MD, Inc, La Mesa, California; David R Mandel, Mayfield Village, Ohio; Antoinette Mangione, Radiant Research, Inc, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Rajendra K Marwah, El Paso, Texas; Steven Mathews, Jacksonville Center for Clinical Research, Jacksonville, Florida; Lawrence P McAdam, Thousand Oaks, California; Robert McArthur, McBride Clinic, Inc, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Angela McCain, Sugar Land, Texas; Craig M McCarthy, Pivotal Research Centers, Mesa, Arizona; Philip Mease, Seattle Rheumatology Associates, Seattle, Washington; Daksha P Mehta, Center for Arthritis and Osteoporosis, Elizabethtown, Kentucky; Curtis J Mello, JM Clinical Trials, Inc, Swansea, Massachusetts; John W Melton, Arthritis Center, PC, Chevy Chase, Maryland; Jerry L Miller, Holston Medical Group, Weber City, Virginia; Marcia O Miller, Florida Research Network, Gainesville, Florida; S David Miller, Northeast Medical Research Associates, Inc, North Dartmouth, Massachusetts; Robert A Moidel, Rheumatology Associates, Ltd, Lansdale, Pennsylvania; Arthur J Mollen, Southwest HEALTH Ltd/dba The Mollen Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona; G James Morgan, Jr, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire; Steen Mortensen, Wichita Clinic, PA, Wichita, Kansas; George L Morton, Rheumatology Associates, Portland, Maine; William S Mullican, MediSphere Medical Research Center, LLC, Evansville, Indiana; Carter V Multz, Arthritis Care Center, Inc, San Jose, California; Gary E Myerson, Atlanta, Georgia; Anne N Nafziger, Bassett Healthcare, Cooperstown, New York; David H Neustadt, David H Neustadt, PSC, Louisville, Kentucky; Eric Newman, Geisinger Medical Center/Department of Rheumatology, Danville, Pennsylvania; Phong Nguyen, Northern Virginia Center for Arthritis, PC, Reston, Virginia; Kenneth M Nies, Arthritis Treatment Center of the South Bay, Torrance, California; Solomon Noguera, St Louis Center for Clinical Research, St Louis, Missouri; Keith D Nord, Sports, Orthopedics & Spine, Jackson, Tennessee; Daniel K Norden, Rheumatology Associates, Ltd, Norristown, Pennsylvania; Michael J Noss, Radiant Research, Cincinnati, Ohio; Satish K Odhav, Medical Specialty Clinic, Jackson, Tennessee; Alan C Odom, Center for Sports Medicine and Orthopaedics, Chattanooga, Tennessee; Bart M Olash, Bluegrass Clinical Research, Inc, Louisville, Kentucky; William B Olney, Rochester, New Hampshire; Meera R Oza, Arthritis &

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Osteoporosis, Orange Park, Florida; Vickie G Parrish, Drug Research and Analysis Corporation, Montgomery, Alabama; Bakul Patel, Family Medical Center, Foothill Ranch, California; Jyotin K Patel, Wellness Global Concepts, Laguna Niguel, California; Meenakshi Patel, Centerville, Ohio; Mark E Pearson, West Suburban Center for Arthritis, Brookfield, Wisconsin; Brian Peck, Arthritis Center of CT, Division of Rheumatology, Osteoporosis & Pain Management, Waterbury, Connecticut; Jeffrey S Peller, Harbin Clinic, Rome, Georgia: Jeffrey D Perkins, Alpine Clinical Research Center, Boulder, Colorado; Eric A Peters, Arizona Arthritis Research PLC, Paradise Valley, Arizona; Patrick H Peters, Jr, Texas Medical Research Associates, San Antonio, Texas; L Staffan Pettersson, Arizona Medical Clinic, Peoria, Arizona; Michael L Peveler, Healthwatch Research Associates, Louisville, Kentucky; Michael J Picciano, CNY Family Care Center, East Syracuse, New York; Michael Pickrell, Austin Rheumatology, Austin, Texas; David J Pierangelo, FutureCare Studies, Springfield, Massachusetts; Ken D Pischel, SCRIPPS Clinic, La Jolla, California; Larry R Popeil, Magnolia Research Group, Inc, Ocala, Florida; Andrew Porges, Rheumatology Consultants, LLP, Hewlett, New York; Edward B Portnoy, Westlake Medical Research, Westlake Village, California; Daniel S Prince, Decatur, Alabama; H Malin Prupas, Arthritis Center of Reno, Reno, Nevada; Keith G Pryhuber, Rochester Clinical Research, Inc, Rochester, New York; Emmanuel A Quaidoo, AAIR Research Center, Rochester, New York; James F Quigley, Encompass Clinical Research of North Coast, Encinitas, California; Joseph Randolph, OrthoIndy, Indianapolis, Indiana; Bruce G Rankin, University Clinical Research-DeLand, DeLand, Florida; Ronald J Rapoport, Phase III Clinical Research, Fall River, Massachusetts; Richard L Rauck, Piedmont Anesthesia and Pain Consultants/Medical Park Hospital, Winston-Salem, North Carolina; Keith S Reisinger, Primary Physicians Research, Inc, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Harvey Resnick, R/D Clinical Research, Inc, Lake Jackson, Texas; John H Rice, Esse Research Institute, Florissant, Missouri; Hubert F Riegler, Lattimore Orthopaedics, Rochester, New York; Dennis S Riff, Advanced Clinical Research Institute, Anaheim, California; Kathryn R Rigonan, Southland Clinical Research Center, Fountain Valley, California; Sherwin Ritter, East Coast Clinical Research, Salisbury, Massachusetts; Warren C Rizzo, Advanced Arthritis Care and Research, Scottsdale, Arizona; Brian Robinson, Grant County Orthopedic Associates, Silver City, New Mexico; Alan K Rogers, ARA-Arizona Research Associates, Tucson, Arizona; Theodore W Rooney, Mercy Arthritis and Osteoporosis Center, Des Moines, Iowa; Jeffrey B Rosen, Clinical Research of South Florida, Coral Gables, Florida; Stanley A Rosenberg, nTouch Research, St Petersburg, Florida; Sidney Rosenblatt, Radiant Research, Irvine, California; Sanford H Roth, Arizona Research & Education, Phoenix, Arizona; Alan D Roumm, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania; John Rubino, Raleigh Medical Group, Raleigh, North Carolina; Jon Ruckle, Radiant Research - Honolulu, Honolulu, Hawaii; Eric Michael Ruderman, Northwestern Center for Clinical Research, Chicago, Illinois; Lance A Rudolph, New Mexico Clinical Research & Osteoporosis Center, Inc, Albuquerque, New Mexico; Gary E Ruoff, Westside Family Medical Center, PC, Kalamazoo, Michigan; Peggy Ann F Rupp, Boise Arthritis Clinic, Boise, Idaho; W Michael Ryan, Internal Medicine Research, Portland, Oregon; Alan V Safdi, Consultants for Clinical Research, Inc, Cincinnati, Ohio; Bruce S Samuels, Strafford Medical Associates, PA, Dover, New Hampshire; Paul Sandall, Health Research, Inc, Albuquerque, New Mexico; Reginald D Sanders, Wilson & Sanders, Inc, New Orleans, Louisiana; Joy Schechtman, Sun Valley Arthritis Center, Ltd, Glendale, Arizona; Howard J Schertzinger, Jr, Mason, Ohio; Leah M Schmidt, Advanced Clinical Therapeutics, Tucson, Arizona; James H Schrenker, Holston Medical Group/Sapling Grove Family Physicians, Bristol, Tennessee; Douglas R Schumacher, Radiant Research-Columbus, Columbus, Ohio; Edward J Schwager, Carondelet Medical Group, Tucson, Arizona; Mark L Schwartz, New Haven, Connecticut; Michael C Schweitz, Arthritis Rheumatology Associates of Palm Beach, West Palm Beach, Florida; Wayne A Schweitzer, Northampton Internal Medicine Associates, Northampton, Massachusetts; Anthony I Sebba, Arthritis Associates, Palm Harbor, Florida; Stuart D Segal, Sansum-Santa Barbara Medical Foundation Clinic, Santa Barbara, California; R Gordon Senter, Rheumatology, PA, Salisbury, North Carolina; Randall Severance, Radiant Research, Chandler, Arizona; Stephan C Sharp, Clinical Research Associates, Inc, Nashville, Tennessee; Robert A Shaw, Westminster, Maryland; Eric A Sheldon, Arthritis & Rheumatic Care Center, Miami, Florida; William J Shergy, Rheumatology Associates of North Alabama, Huntsville, Alabama; Thomas G Shetter, Butler, Pennsylvania; James R Shoemaker, Ormond Medical Arts, Ormond Beach, Florida; Linda Shookster, Rheumatology Associates of Southern Westchester, New Rochelle, New York; Christine A Sigman, Mercy Medical Group/Woodlake Research, Chesterfield, Missouri; David S Silver, Osteoporosis Medical Center, Beverly Hills, California; Arthur Silverman, Radiant Research San Diego, San Diego, California; Atul K Singhal, Southwest Rheumatology, Mesquite, Texas; Douglas B Smith, Rheumatology Associates, PC, Indianapolis, Indiana; Richard A Smith, J & S Studies, Inc, Bryan, Texas; William B

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Smith, New Orleans Center for Clinical Research, New Orleans, Louisiana; David H Snow, Carolina Arthritis Associates, Wilmington, North Carolina; Brian D Snyder, Southgate Medical Group, West Seneca, New York; Murray C Sokoloff, Santa Fe, New Mexico; Sheldon D Solomon, Arthritis, Rheumatic & Back Disease Associates, PA, Voorhees, New Jersey; Suthin Songcharoen, Arthritis and Osteoporosis Treatment & Research Center, Jackson, Mississippi; Stephen A South, PharmQuest, Greensboro, North Carolina; Robert T Spencer, Mountain View Clinical Research, Inc, Denver, Colorado; Malcolm J Sperling, Fountain Valley, California; Kenneth Stark, Lake Rheumatology, Tavares, Florida; Terence W Starz, Arthritis & Internal Medicine Associates, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; William Hugh Stephens, Jr, Savannah, Georgia; Mark A Stern, Springfield Clinic, Springfield, Illinois; Richard Stern, New York, New York; Steven H Stern, Kentuckiana Center for Better Bone and Joint Health/Jewish Hospital Medical Plaza, Louisville, Kentucky; John L Stoker, Valley Medical Center, Flint, Michigan; William W Storms, Asthma & Allergy Associates, PC, Colorado Springs, Colorado; Michael J Strachan, Premier Health Care Associates, Richmond, Virginia; Cynthia Strout, Coastal Carolina Research Center, Mt Pleasant, South Carolina; Angela M Stupi, Allegheny North Arthritis Center, Wexford, Pennsylvania; David C Subich, North Central Ohio Clinic, Inc, Mansfield, Ohio; William F Sullivan, Eastern Shore Medical Specialists, Fairhope, Alabama; Gary L Sultany, Northwest Rheumatology Associates, PC, Portland, Oregon; Timothy J Swartz, Rheumatology, PC, Kalamazoo, Michigan; James D Taborn, Midwest Arthritis Center, Kalamazoo, Michigan; S Bobo Tanner, Vanderbilt Asthma Sinus Allergy Program/Division of Research, Nashville, Tennessee; Philip W Taylor, Cape Girardeau Physician Associates, Cape Girardeau, Missouri; John RP Tesser, Radiant Research, Phoenix, Arizona; J Scott Toder, Johnston, Rhode Island; Behrooz Tohidi, The Damluji Research Center, Oceanside, California; Edward Tokatlian, Associated Internists of Ahwatukee, PC, Phoenix, Arizona; Irene Y Tong, Pasadena, California; Melvin J Tonkin, Apex Research Institute, Santa Ana, California; Robert L Topkis, Warminster Medical Associates, Warminster, Pennsylvania; Arnaldo Torres, nTouch Research, St Petersburg, Florida; Robert G Trapp, The Arthritis Center, Springfield, Illinois; James M Trice, Arthritis, Osteoporosis & Musculoskeletal Disease Center, Concord, New Hampshire; Barbara Troupin, Radiant Research San Diego, San Diego, California; James Udell, The Arthritis Group, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Stephen C Ulrich, Pharmacotherapy Research Associates, Zanesville, Ohio; Qaisar Usmani, Lakewood, New Jersey; Peter Valen, Gundersen Clinic Ltd, La Crosse, Wisconsin; Robert M Valente, Arthritis Center of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska; David A Vande Merwe, Advanced Clinical Research, Salt Lake City, Utah; Clayton Varga, Pasadena Rehabilitation Institute, Pasadena, California; Oscar E Verzosa, Elizabeth, New Jersey; Ralph M Vicari, Melbourne Internal Medicine Associates (MIMA), Melbourne, Florida; David D Waddell, Orthopedic Specialists of Louisiana, Shreveport, Louisiana; John M Wadleigh, Arizona Medical Research, Tucson, Arizona; Sara Walker, University of Missouri Health Care/Office of Clinical Research, Columbia, Missouri; Bruce A Wall, Central Ohio Primary Care Physicians, Inc, Columbus, Ohio; Robertson D Ward, Central Kentucky Research Associates, Lexington, Kentucky; Michael Warren, Research Across America, Reading, Pennsylvania; Jack Waxman, Northern California Medical Associates, Santa Rosa, California; Suzanne Weakley, Clinical Trials North Houston, Houston, Texas; Nathan Wei, Arthritis & Osteoporosis Center of Maryland, Frederick, Maryland; Richard L Weinstein, Diablo Clinical Research, Inc, Walnut Creek, California; David I Weiss, Southern Center for Arthritis and Rheumatic Diseases, Hattiesburg, Mississippi; Michael A Weitz, Center for Arthritis, South Miami, Florida; Simon Weitzman, Internists Associated, Needham, Massachusetts; Marlin E Wenger, Lancaster Rheumatology Research, Lancaster, Pennsylvania; David J Wenzel, Boston Clinical Research Center, Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts; Donald Wexler, Saint Clare's Hospital, Schenectady, New York; David M Whitaker, S County Consultants in Clinical Trials, Ltd, Kingston, Rhode Island; F Douglas Whiting, Arden Hills, Minnesota; Craig W Wiesenhutter, Coeur d'Alene Arthritis Clinic, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho; Bram D Wieskopf, Primary Care Partners, PC/nTouch Research, Marietta, Georgia; John F Wilker, Wilker/Powers Center for Clinical Studies, St Cloud, Florida; Larry Willis, Lynn Health Science Institute, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Peter J Winkle, Orange County Clinical Research, Inc/Eastgate Medical Center, Cypress, California; Bret A Wittmer, Commonwealth Biomedical Research, LLC, Madisonville, Kentucky; Sanford M Wolfe, STAT Research, Inc, Dayton, Ohio; Michael S Wukelic, Rockwood Clinic, PS, Spokane, Washington; Jack E Yakish, Westminster Family Medicine, Erie, Pennsylvania; Yusuf Yazici, Brooklyn Heights Arthritis Associates, Brooklyn, New York; Robert A Yood, Fallon Clinic Research Department, West Boylston, Massachusetts; Farrukh Zaidi, Florida Arthritis and Osteoporosis Center, Port Richey, Florida; Douglas P Zmolek, Central New York Clinical Research, Manlius, New York

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South & Central America Eduardo Acevedo, Hospital Nacional Guillermo Almenara, Lima, Peru; Raul Alpizar, Centro de Reumatologia y Osteoporosis, Cartago, Costa Rica; Alvaro Badilla, Centro Medico San Rafael, Alajuela, Costa Rica; Luis Bellatin, Arequipa, Peru; Rubens Bonfiglioli, Amb De Reumato - Hospital e Mat Celso Pierro da PUCCAMP, Campinas, Brazil; Joao Carlos Brenol, Hosp de Clinicas da Univ Federal do Rio de Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil; Eduardo Cambronero, Clinica Jerusalem, San Jose, Costa Rica; Nohemi Casas, Bogota, Cundinamarca, Colombia; Oswaldo Castaneda, Clinica Angloamericana, San Isidro, Lima, Peru; Philippe Chalem, Fundaciion Instituto de Reumatologia e Inmunologia, Bogota, Cundinamarca, Colombia; Jose Chavez, Hospital Nacional Edgardo Rebagliati, Jesus Maria, Lima, Peru; Angela Duarte, Hospital das Clinicas da Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil; Ana Flores, Hospital Regional de Rancagua, Rancagua, Chile; Carlos Fuentealba, Hospital San Borja Arriaran, Santiago, Chile; Hector Gatica, Providencia, Santiago, Chile; Renato Guzman, Bogota, Colombia; Arquimedes Hidalgo, Clinica Vesalio, San Borja, Lima, Peru; Rita Kuroiwa, Instituto Peruano Japones, Jesus Maria, Lima, Peru; Viviana Maluje, Hospital FACH, Reumatologia 1, Santiago, Chile; Ruben Mantilla, Clinica de Artritis y Rehabilitacion, Bogota, Cundinamarca, Colombia; Javier Molina, Unidad Medica Torre Plaza, Medellin, Antioquia, Colombia; Hector Quevedo Solidoro, Clinica Maison de Sante del Sur, Chorrillos, Lima, Peru; Sebastiao Radominski, Hospital das Clinicas da Universidade Federal do Parana, Curitiba, Brazil; Dalia Riachi, Bogota, Colombia; Erick Rosal, Guatemala City, Guatemala; Ricardo Saenz, Centro de Especialidades Medicas Drs Saenz-Castro, Heredia, Costa Rica; Adil Samara, Hospital das Clinicas da Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Marilia Silva, Clinica de Doencas Renais-Evangelico Curitiba, Curitiba, Brazil; Branca Souza, Irmandade da Santa Casa de Misericordia, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Mario Valera, Clinica Peruano-Americana de Trujillo, Trujillo, LaLibertad, Peru; EdgarVera-Bejar, Arequipa, Peru Asia Pacific Clemente Amante, Philippine General Hospital-Section of Rheumatology, Metro Manila, Philippines; Joseph Antigua, Chong Hua Hospital, Cebu City, Philippines; David Bossingham, Cairns, Australia; Russell Buchanan, Austin & Repatatriation Med Centre/Department of Rheumatology, West Heidelberg, Australia; Yu Buyun, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yatsen University, Guangzhou, Guang Dong Province, China; Lai Kam Chuen, Queen Mary Hospital, Pokfulam, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong; Gun Suk Chyn, Hospital Seremban Medical Department, Seremban, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia; Stephen Hall, Cabrini Medical Centre - Rheumatology, Malvern, Australia; Patrick Hanrahan, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital-Goatcher/Clinical Res Unit, Nedlands, Australia; Tay Boon Keng, Singapore General Hospital/Department of Orthopaedics, Singapore; Joung-Liang Lan, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwán; Hwa-Chang Liu, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwán; Ming-Fei Liu, National Cheng-Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwán; Houshan Lu, Peking University People's Hospital/Dept of Orthopedics, Beijing, China; Agustin Miguel Morales, Cebu Orthopaedic Institute, Cebu City, Philippines; Peter Nash, Sixth Avenue Specialist Centre, Maroochydore, Australia; Sandra Navarra, St Luke's Medical Center, Quezon City, Philippines; Kevin Pile, Basil Hetzel Institute/The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woodville, Australia; Azmillah Rosman, Hospital Selayang/Department of Medicine, Batu Caves, Selangor, Malaysia; Yeap Swan Sim, University Malaya Medical Centre/Clinical Investigation Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Perry Tan, Jose Reyes Memorial Medical Center, Metro Manila, Philippines; Tito Torralba, Sto Tomas University Hospital, Metro Manila, Philippines; Dong Yi, Peking Union Medical College Hospital/Dept of Rheumatology, Beijing, China Europe Jordi Carbonell Abello, H Del Mar, Barcelona, Spain; Gabriel Aboudaya, Cabinet medical du Dr Aboudaya-Chelles, Chelles, France; Oddvar Adnanes, Grand Helsesenter, Hamar, Norway; Jari Airas, Jarvenpaan terveyskeskus, Jarvenpaa, Finland; Aysen Akinci, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Sihhiye, Ankara, Turkey; Juan Carlos Torre Alonso, H Monte Naranco, Oviedo, Spain; Rieke Alten, Schlosspark-Klinik/Rheumatologie, Berlin, Germany; Niel Amin, White Lodge Medical Practice, Enfield, United Kingdom; Sahap Atik, Gazi University Faculty of Medicine/Oropedics & Traumatology Dept, Besevler, Turkey; Leiv Isaksen Balle, Libmed A/S, Sandes, Norway; Asta Baranauskaite, KMU Reumatologijos klinka, Kaunas, Lithuania; Guy Barberet, Cabinet medical du Dr Barberet-Belfort, Belfort, France; Svein Erik Barbo, Stavanger, Norway; M'Hamed Bensaber, Cabinet medical du Dr Bensaber-St

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Afrique, Saint-Afrique, France; Luc Beraneck, Cabinet medical du Dr Beraneck-Creteil, Creteil, France; Michael Berliner, Klinikum der Justus-Liebig-Universitat/Med Klinik und Poliklinik III, Giessen, Germany; Mark Blagden, Avondale Surgery, Newbold, United Kingdom; Christophe Bracoud, Cabinet medical du Dr Bracoud-Caluire, Caluire, France; Morten Breiby, Gjovik legesenter, Gjovik, Norway; Philippe Breuillard, Cabinet medical du Dr Breuillard-Gonesse, Gonesse, France; Jorn Brodwall, Torvgarden Legesenter, Lillesand, Norway; Jan Brzezicki, Oddzial Reumatologii-Wojewodzki Szpital, Elblag, Poland; Alain Beaulieu Camus, Cabinet medical Dr Beaulieu Camus-Ste Genevieve des Bois, Sainte Genevieve des Bois, France; Graham Charlwood, Grosvenor Medical Centre, Tunbridge, Wells, United Kingdom; Barbara Christensen, Diakonhjemmets Sykehus/Revm Avd, Oslo, Norway; Ole Clarke-Jenssen, Martina Hansens Hospital/Revmatologisk avdeling, Gjettum, Norway; Andre Cohen de Lara, Cabinet medical du Dr Cohen de Lara-Paris, Paris, France; Bernard Combe, Hopital Lapeyronie-Federation de Rhumatologie/Service d'Immuno-Rhumatologie, Montpellier, France; Benoit Coquoz, Cabinet medical du Dr Coquoz-Nimes, Nimes, France; Jerome Crevel, Cabinet medical du Dr Crevel-Beziers, Beziers, France; Georg Dahlen, Grastorps privatpraktiker, Grastorp, Sweden; L De Clercq, St Augustinusziekenhuis-Reumatologie, Wilrijk, Belgium; Olivier Decloux, Cabinet medical du Dr Decloux-Cernay, Cernay, France; Pierre Delmas, Hopital Edouard Herriot-Centre Prevention Osteoporose, Lyon, France; Catherine Didry, Cabinet medical du Dr Didry-Montpellier, Montpellier, France; Reinhard Dingler, Praxis Dr Dingler, Munchen, Germany; Maxime Dougados, Hopital Cochin-Service de Rhumatologie B, Paris, France; Hans Durr, Klinik und Poliklinik fur Orthopadie/Universitat Rostock, Rostock, Germany; Anke Eckardt, Klinikum der Johannes-Gutenberg-Universitat zu Mainz/Orthopadische Klinik und Poliklinik, Mainz, Germany; Sven Eckhardt, Praxis Dr Sven Harald Eckardt, Rosenheim, Germany; Martine Elbaz, Cabinet medical du Dr Elbaz-Avignon/Centre Urbain du Pont des Deux Eaux, Avignon, France; Eduardo Collantes Estevez, Comp H Reina Sofia, Cordoba, Spain; Johan Fauske, Fredrikstad, Norway; Augusto Faustino, Servimed, Lda, Lisboa, Poland; Veronique Ferrazzi, Cabinet medical du Dr Ferrazzi-Montpellier, Montpellier, France; Anna Filipowicz-Sosnowska, Klinika Reumatologii-Instytut Reumatologii, Warszawa, Poland; Dominique Fournet, Cabinet medical du Dr Fournet-Lunel, Lunel, France; Ahmet Fuat, Carmel Surgery, Darlington, United Kingdom; Dirk Ganzer, Dietrich-Bonhoeffer-Klinikum Neubrandenburg/Klinik fur Orthopadie, Altentreptow, Germany; Jozef Gaweda, Wojewodzki Oddzial Reumatologii - Szpital, Konskie, Poland; Piet Geusens, Biomedisch Onderzoeksinstituut-Universitair Centrum Limburg, Diepenbeek, Belgium; Jean-Jacques Girard, Cabinet medical du Dr Girard-La Celle St Cloud, La Celle Saint Cloud, France; Piotr Gluszko, Malopolskie Centrum Osteoporozy, Krakow, Poland; Jose Gomes, Servimed, Lda, Lisboa, Portugal; Martina Gotz, Praxis Dr Gotz, Frankfurt, Germany; Nigel Gough, The Health Centre, Bradford-Upon-Avon, United Kingdom; Erika Gromnica-Ihle, Rheumaklinik Berlin-Buch, Berlin, Germany; Benoit Guerin, Cabinet medical du Dr Guerin-Montpellier, Montpellier, France; Frank Wolfgang Hagena, Auguste-Victoria-Klinik/Orthopadie, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany; Peter Halsner, Praxis Dr Halsner, Hamburg, Germany; Vedat Hamuryudan, IU Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine/Internal Disease/Rheumatology Dept, Cerrahpasa, Istanbul, Turkey; Vaananen Hannu, Invalidisaatio, Helsinki, Finland; Tore Hansen, Gjovik legesenter, Gjovik, Norway; Rene Hatchuel, Cabinet medical du Dr Hatchuel-Maison Alfort, Maison Alfort, France; Sturia Haugsbo, Prinsdal legesenter, Oslo, Norway; Knut Helgetveit, Martina Hansens Hospital/Revmatologisk avdeling, Gjettum, Norway; Jean-Pierre Hellier, Cabinet medical du Dr Hellier-Arles, Arles, France; Kerstin Henriksson, Halsocentralen, Krokom, Sweden; Noelle Herve, Cabinet medical du Dr Herve-Lunel, Lunel, France; Atle Hestnes, Orland legesenter, Brekstad, Norway; HHML Houben, Atrium Medisch Centrum, Heerlen, Netherlands; Christrophe Hudry, Cabinet medical du Dr Hudry-Paris, Paris, France; Jose Roman Ivorra, H Doctor Peset, Valencia, Spain; Zrinka Jajic, Clinical Hospital "Sestre Milosrdnice"/Department for Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, Zagreb, Croatia; Dominique Jarrige, Cabinet medical du Dr Jarrige-Millau, Millau, France; Vesa Jarvelainen, Verkahovin Laakariasema, Turku, Finland; Jens Jochum, Praxis Dr Jochum, Hamburg, Germany; Gunnar Johansson, Vardcentralen Nyby, Uppsala, Sweden; Kiesila Juha, Mikkelin terveyskeskus, Mikkeli, Finland; Martti Kekalainen, Rukan Laakaripalvelu, Kuusamo, Finland; Herbert Kellner, Klinikum der Universitat Munchen/Klinikum Innenstadt der LMU, Munchen, Germany; Geir Kittang, Sunnfjord medisinske senter, Floro, Norway; Krista Korhonen, Harkatien terveyskeskus, Lieto, Finland; Christopher Kyle, Rosehall Surgery, Glengormley, United Kingdom; MAFJ Laar, Medisch Spectrum Twente, Enschede, Netherlands; Karri Laine, Nurmijarven terveyskeskus, Nurmijarvi, Finland; Brigitte Flamand Lam, Cabinet medical du Dr Flamand Lam-Nancy, Nancy, France; Hans Larnefeldt, Rattviks vardcentral, Rattvik, Sweden; France Lecoq d'Andre, Cabinet medical du Dr Lecoq d'Andre-Paris, Paris, France; Marie-Christine Legouffe, Cabinet medical du Dr Legouffe-Montpellier, Montpellier,

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France; Markus Lengsfeld, Klinikum der Philipps-Universtitat/Klinik fur Orthopadie und Rheumatologie, Marburg, Germany; Jennifer Litchfield, Pound Hill Surgery, Crawley, United Kingdom; Jean-Yves Louison, Cabinet medical du Dr Louison-Tarare, Tarare, France; M Malaise, CHU de Liege-Rhumatologie, Liege, Belgium; Jose Luis Marenco de la Fuente, Comp H Neustra Senora de Valme, Sevilla, Spain; Philippe Marmor, Cabinet medical du Dr Marmor-Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France; Martti Matintalo, Poytyan terveyskeskus, Riihikoski, Finland; Raine Mauno, Liikekeskuksen Laakariasema, Kotka, Finland; Thomas Gray Maxwell, Little Common Surgery, Bexhill-on-Sea, United Kingdom; Bernard Mazieres, CHU Toulouse-Hopital de Rangueil-Service de Rhumatologie, Toulouse, France; Douglas McKeith, Townhead Surgery, Irvine, United Kingdom; Torjer Meling, Stavanger, Norway; Georg Meurers, Praxis Dr Georg Meurers, Freilassing, Germany; Knut Mikkelsen, LSF Revmatismesykehus, Lillehammer, Norway; Bente Minet, Sykehuset Buskerud HF/Revm Avd, Drammen, Norway; Vidar Moldegard, Gjovik legesenter, Gjovik, Norway; Jesus Tornero Molina, H General y Universitario de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Spain; Bart Jan Morlion, UZ Gasthuisberg-Pijncentrum, Leuven, Belgium; Jadranka Morovic-Vergles, Clinical Hospital "Dubrava"/Department for Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Zagreb, Croatia; Henri Nataf, Cabinet medical du Docteur Nataf-Mantes la Jolie, Mantes la Jolie, France; Paal Norheim, Madlagarden legegruppe, Hafrsjord, Norway; Srdan Novak, Clinical Hospital Center Rijeka/Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Rijeka, Croatia; Erik Snorre Ofjord, Senter for kliniske studier (Bergen), Paradis, Norway; Kjartan Olafsson, Sunnfjord medisinske senter, Floro, Norway; Gerard Panis, Cabinet medical du Dr Panis-Montpellier, Montpellier, France; Bruno Passerat, Cabinet medical du Dr Passerat-St Remy, Saint Remy, France; Patrick Pawlowski, Cabinet medical du Dr Pawlowski-Dijon, Dijon, France; Timo Pehkonen, Koskiklinikka, Tampere, Finland; Sakaranaho Pertti, Keminmaan terveyskeskus, Keminmaa, Finland; Francis Philippe, Cabinet medical du Dr Philippe-Dijon, Dijon, France; Christian Pierrou, Cabinet medical du Dr Pierrou-Melun, Melun, France; Patrick Prat, Cabinet medical du Dr Prat-Nimes, Nimes, France; Reidar Retzius, Haugesund, Norway; Philip Riley, Beech House, Hazel Grove, United Kingdom; Erik Rodevand, St Olavs Hospital HF/Revm Avd, Trondheim, Norway; Gisela Rose, Kungsportslakarna, Goteborg, Sweden; Olivier Rossignol, Cabinet medical du Dr Rossignol-Fontenay sous Bois, Fontenay sous Bois, France; Jean Rouviere, Cabinet medical du Dr Rouviere-Arles, Arles, France; Hannu Ruokolainen, Juuan terveyskeskus, Juuka, Finland; Raimon Sanmarti Sala, H Clinic I Provincial, Barcelona, Spain; Reidar Sannes, Halmstad legekontor, Rygge, Norway; Jean-Philippe Savary, Cabinet medical du Dr Savary-Perpignan, Perpignan, France; Michael Schmid, Praxis Dr Michael Schmid/Orthopade, Munchen, Germany; Albert Serrero, Cabinet medical du Dr Serrero-Chilly Mazarin, Chilly-Mazarin, France; Stanislaw Sierakowski, Klinika Reumat I Chorob Wewn AM-Panstwowy Szpital Klin, Bialystok, Poland; Jan B Simonsen, Asker, Norway; Dilsad Sindel, IU Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Capa, Istanbul, Turkey; Viviane Sinegre, Cabinet medical du Dr Sinegre-Millau, Millau, France; Kyronpalo Sinikka, Hatanpaan Laakariasema, Tampere, Finland; Arne Skag, Senter for kliniske studier (Hamar), Hamar, Norway; Denis Smila, Cabinet medical du Dr Smila-Yerres, Yerres, France; Hans Stahl, ClinPharm GmbH, Leipzig, Germany; Martti Suhonen, Viereman terveyskeskus, Vierema, Finland; Leszek Szczepanski, Gabinety Profesorow, Lublin, Poland; Tadeusz Tomala, Svelvik Medisinske Senter, Svelvik, Norway; Robert Vailhe, Cabinet medical du Dr Vailhe, Nimes, France; Vicente Rodriguez Valverde, H Universitario Marques de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain; Arild Vedvik, Hurdal legesenter, Hurdal, Norway; Juha Venalainen, Kuopion terveyskeskus, Kuopio, Finland; Algirdas Venalis, VsI Vilniaus Centro Universitetine ligonine/Reumatologijos skyrius, Vilnius, Lithuania; Francoise Venot Fribourg, Cabinet medical Dr Venot Fribourg-Paris, Paris, France; G Verbruggen, UZ Gent-Dienst Reumatologie, Gent, Belgium; Ingvald Vika, Norheim Legesenter Oasen, Karmsund, Norway; Eric Vinet, Cabinet medical du Dr Vinet-Paris, Paris, France; Nikolaus Vollmann, Praxis Dr Vollman, Munchen, Germany; Alan Wade, Clydebank Health Centre, Glasgow, United Kingdom; Bernhard Weigl, Praxis Dr Weigl, Rosenheim, Germany; Daniel Widmaier, Cabinet medical du Dr Widmaier-Horbourg Wihr, Horbourg Wihr, France; Andrew Wijnberg, Cornhill Surgery, Rubery, United Kingdom; Roland Willburger, St Josef Hospital/Orthopadische Universitatsklinik, Bochum, Germany; Arthur Wulwik, Cabinet medical du Dr Wulwik-Paris, Paris, France; Josef Zacher, Institut Orthopadische Gutachen und klinische Studien, Berlin, Germany Africa Anne Halland, Panorama Medi Clinic, Panorama, Cape Town, South Africa; Ingrid Louw, Panorama Medi Clinic, Panorama, Cape Town, South Africa; Christopher Lyddell, Vincent Pallotti Hospital-Rheumatology

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Unit, Pinelands, Cape Town, South Africa; Helmuth Reuter, Tygerberg Hospital/TREAD Research cc, Parow, Cape Town, South Africa Middle East Menachem Nahir, Rambam Medical Center-Rheumatology Department, Haifa, Israel; Itzhak Rosner, Bnai Zion Medical Center-Rheumatology Unit, Haifa, Israel; Shaul Sukenik, Soroka Medical Center-Internal Medicine, Beer Sheba, Israel