From Department of Pathophysiology (AG, SM, AGT, HMM), Medical School, National University of Athens, Athens; Clinical and Molecular Epidemiology Unit (JPAI), Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, University of Ioannina School of Medicine, Ioannina; and Department of Nutrition and Dietetics (FNS), Harokopion University, Athens, Greece.
*These authors contributed equally to the work.
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Abbreviations used in this article: ANA, antinuclear antibodies; GFR, glomerular filtration rate; GMN, glomerulonephritis; IN, interstitial nephritis; NHL, non-Hodgkin lymphoma; pSS, primary Sjogren syndrome; RF, rheumatoid factor.
