Erratum to development and formulation of the classification criteria for osteoarthritis

Development and formulation of the classification criteria for osteoarthritis

In the article entitled “Development and formulation of the classification criteria for osteoarthritis” published in the Vol 8, No 17 (September 2020) of Annals Translational Medicine (1), there are some errors in the authors’ affiliation information:

1. Yue Zhang’s affiliation information should be corrected as “²Department of Rheumatology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China;”

2. Dan Xing’s and Jianhao Lin’s affiliation information should be corrected as “⁵Department of Orthopaedics, Peking University People’s Hospital, Beijing, China;”

3. Jin Lin’s affiliation information should be corrected as “¹⁶Department of Rheumatology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China;”

4. Mengtao Li’s and Xiaofeng Zeng’s affiliation information should be corrected as “²³Department of Rheumatology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China;”

5. Wanling Yang’s affiliation information should be corrected as “²⁴Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, China”. Since the original affiliation information of Wanling Yang was numbered 13, the following author’s affiliation information should be renumbered the same as we have now listed the authors’ affiliation information in this Erratum.

6. Xin Gu’s affiliation information should be corrected as “²⁵Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Beijing Hospital, National Center of Gerontology, Institute of Geriatric Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China;”

7. Wei Liu’s affiliation information should be corrected as “²⁸Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China.”

The correct affiliation information as followed:

1. Yue Zhang², ²Department of Rheumatology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China;

2. Dan Xing⁵, ⁵Department of Orthopaedics, Peking University People’s Hospital, Beijing, China;

3. Jianhao Lin⁵, ⁵Department of Orthopaedics, Peking University People’s Hospital, Beijing, China;

4. Jin Lin¹⁶, ¹⁶Department of Rheumatology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China;

5. Mengtao Li²³, ²³Department of Rheumatology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China;

6. Xiaofeng Zeng²³, ²³Department of Rheumatology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China;

7. Wanling Yang²⁴, ²⁴Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, China;

8. Xin Gu²⁵, ²⁵Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Beijing Hospital, National Center of Gerontology, Institute of Geriatric Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China;

9. Yixin Zhou²⁶, ²⁶Department of Orthopedics, Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, Beijing, China;

10. Dongyi He²⁷, ²⁷Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Shanghai Guanghua Hospital, Shanghai, China;

11. Wei Liu²⁸, ²⁸Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, First Teaching Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China;

12. Weiya Zhang²⁹, ²⁹Academic Rheumatology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK;

13. Changhai Ding³⁰, ³⁰University of Tasmania, Tasmania, Australia.

We regret the errors.