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1Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Trust and University of Birmingham
2University of Birmingham
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Address for correspondence: Dr G D Kitas, Department of Rheumatology, Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Trust, The Guest Hospital, Tipton Road, Dudley, West Midlands DY1 4SE. E-mail: g.d.kitas@bham.ac.uk
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George Kitas: MD PhD FRCP, Consultant/Clinical Senior Lecturer in Rheumatology
Matthew J Banks: MRCP, Cardiology Specialist Registrar/Research Fellow