List of Contributors
Ronald A. Ashersony
Division of Immunology, School of Pathology,
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg,
South Africa
Tadej Avčin
Department of Allergology, Rheumatology and
Clinical Immunology, University Children’s
Hospital Ljubljana, University Medical Center,
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Juan Balasch
Institut Clı́nic of Gynecology, Obstetrics and
Neonatology, Hospital Clı́nic, Barcelona,
Catalonia, Spain
Edoardo Barbolini
Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University
of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
Miri Blank
The Center for Autoimmune Diseases, Sheba
Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel
M. Orietta Borghi
Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology Unit,
Department of Internal Medicine, University of
Milan, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano,
Milan, Italy
Valentina Broggini
Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology Unit,
Department of Internal Medicine, University of
Milan, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano,
Milan, Italy
Silvia Bucciarelli
Department of Autoimmune Diseases, Hospital
Clı́nic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Francisco Carmona
Institut Clı́nic of Gynecology, Obstetrics and
Neonatology, Hospital Clı́nic, Barcelona, Catalonia,
Spain
Ricard Cervera
Department of Autoimmune Diseases, Hospital
Clı́nic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Rolando Cimaz
Department of Pediatrics, Anna Meyer Children’s
Hospital, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
Montserrat Creus
Institut Clı́nic of Gynecology, Obstetrics and
Neonatology, Hospital Clı́nic, Barcelona, Catalonia,
Spain
Doruk Erkan
Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Medical
College of Cornell University, New York, NY,
USA
Gerard Espinosa
Department of Autoimmune Diseases, Hospital
Clı́nic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Matteo Filippini
Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Unit,
Spedali Civili and University of Brescia, Brescia,
Italy
Mauro Galeazzi
Istituto di Reumatologia, Università di Siena, Italy
Giorgia Gatti
Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University
of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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Guillermina Girardi
Hospital for Special Surgery, Department of
Medicine, Weill Medical College of Cornell Uni-
versity, New York, NY, USA
Diana Goldenberg
Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Medical
College of Cornell University, New York, NY, USA
José A. Gómez-Puerta
Department of Autoimmune Disease and Rheu-
matology Department, Hospital Clı́nic, Barcelona,
Catalonia, Spain
Jessica Gordon
Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Medical College
of Cornell University, New York, NY, USA
Claudia Grossi
Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology Unit,
Department of Internal Medicine, University of
Milan, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano,
Milan, Italy
Raj S. Kasthuri
Department of Medicine, The University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Munther A. Khamashta
Lupus Research Unit, The Rayne Institute,
St. Thomas’ Hospital, London, UK
Michael D. Lockshin
Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Medical College
of Cornell University, New York, NY, USA
Andrea Lojacono
Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University
of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
Nigel Mackman
Department of Medicine, The University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Taraneh Mehrani
Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatol-
ogy, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA;
Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Lupus
Center, Johns Hopkins University School of
Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
Pier Luigi Meroni
Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology Unit, Depa-
rtment of Internal Medicine, University of Milan,
IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy
Joan T. Merrill
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation,
Oklahoma City, OK, USA
Wolfgang Miesbach
Department of Internal Medicine III/Institute of
Transfusion Medicine, Johann Wolfgang Goethe
University Hospital, Frankfurt, Germany
Anwar Nassar
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology,
Faculty of Medicine, American University of
Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
Monica Nuzzo
Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Unit,
Spedali Civili and University of Brescia, Brescia,
Italy
Michelle Petri
Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Lupus
Center, Johns Hopkins University School of
Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
Silvia S. Pierangeli
Antiphospholipid Standardization Laboratory,
Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal
Medicine, University of Texas, Medical Branch,
Galveston, USA
Francesca Ramazzotto
Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University
of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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Jacob H. Rand Yehuda Shoenfeld

Hematology Laboratory, Montefiore Medical
Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine,
Bronx, NY, USA
Elena Raschi
Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology Unit, Depart-
ment of Internal Medicine, University of Milan,
IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy
Joan Carles Reverter
Department of Hemotherapy and Hemostasis,
Hospital Clı́nic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Robert A. S. Roubey
Department of Medicine and Thurston Arthritis
Research Center, The University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Bettina Rovetto
Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University
of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
Guillermo Ruiz-Irastorza
Service of Internal Medicine, Hospital De Cruces-
University of the Basque Country, Bizkaia, Spain
Internal Medicine B and the Center for Auto-
immune Diseases, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-
Hashomer, Israel; Incumbent of the Laura
Schwartz Kipp Chair for Research of Autoim-
mune Diseases, Tel-Aviv University, Israel
Maria Dolors Tàssies
Department of Hemotherapy and Hemostasis,
Hospital Clı́nic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Angela Tincani
Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology Unit,
Spedali Civili and University of Brescia, Brescia,
Italy
Imad Uthman
Division of Rheumatology, Faculty of
Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut,
Lebanon
Philipp von Landenberg
Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine,
Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Mainz,
Germany

Gian Domenico Sebastiani Gisele Zandman Goddard

Unità Operativa Complessa di Reumatologia, Azienda Department of Medicine C, Wolfson Medical
Ospedaliera San Camillo-Forlanini, Roma, Italy Center, Holon, Israel

Yaniv Sherer Sonia Zatti

Hospital Management, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medi- Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University
cal Center, Tel-Aviv, Israel of Brescia, Brescia, Italy