About the Journal

Associated Editors
Kinga Kostyra-Grabczak ^ORCID
Early Arthritis Clinic, National Institute of Geriatrics, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation (Warsaw, Poland)
Anna Masiak ^ORCID
Department of Internal Diseases, Connective Tissue Disorders and Geriatrics, Medical University of Gdansk and University
Clinical Centre (Gdansk, Poland)
Katarzyna Romanowska-Próchnicka ^ORCID
Department of General and Experimental Pathology with Centre for Preclinical Research and Technology (CEPT), Medical University of Warsaw (Warsaw, Poland)

Consulting Editors
Joanna Makowska ^ORCID
Department of Rheumatology, Medical University of Lodz (Lodz, Poland)
Ciro Manzo ^ORCID
Rheumatologic Outpatient Clinic, Health District no. 59, Azienda, Sanitaria Locale Napoli 3 (Sant’Agnello, Italy)
Agnieszka Skoczylas ^ORCID
Department of Geriatric and Internal Medicine, Wolski Hospital named Dr. Anna Gostynska (Warsaw, Poland)

Editorial Coordinator for social media
Olena Zimba ^ORCID
University Hospital in Krakow (Krakow, Poland)
National Institute of Geriatrics, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation (Warsaw, Poland)

Social media Editors
Olga Brzezińska ^ORCID
Department of Rheumatology, Medical University of Lodz (Lodz, Poland)
Alina Dima ^ORCID
Department of Rheumatology, Colentina Clinical Hospital (Bucharest, Romania)
Tsvetoslav Georgiev ^ORCID
Medical University (Varna, Bulgaria)
University Hospital „St. Marina” (Varna, Bulgaria)
Neslihan Gokcen ^ORCID
Department of Internal Medicine, Kocaeli University (İzmit, Kocaeli, Turkey)
Durga Prasanna Misra ^ORCID
Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS) (Lucknow, India)

Editor/Secretary of the Editorial Office
Monika Ślusarska
National Institute of Geriatrics, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation (Warsaw, Poland)

Editor/Operations and Project Manager
Agnieszka Urban-Tychmanowicz
National Institute of Geriatrics, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation (Warsaw, Poland)

Publishing Editor
Ewa Krawczyk
e-mail: e.krawczyk@termedia.pl

Language Editors
Richard Ashcroft
Krzysztof Maśliński

Statistics Editors
Małgorzata Mańczak ^ORCID
National Institute of Geriatrics, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation (Warsaw, Poland)
Paweł Żuchowski ^ORCID
Jan Biziel University Hospital No 2, Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus University (Torun, Poland)

Editorial Office
The National Institute of Geriatrics, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation
Spartańska 1, 02-637 Warsaw, Poland
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Published since 1963
International Editorial Board

Sakir Ahmed
Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Kalinga Institute
of Medical Sciences (KIMS), KIIT University (Bhubaneswar, India) ^ORCID

Howard Amital
Department of Medicine “B” and Zabludowicz Center for Autoimmune Diseases,
Sheba Medical Center (Tel-Hashomer, Israel) ^ORCID

Andra Balanescu
Research Center on Rheumatic Diseases, University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Carol Davila” (Bucharest, Romania) ^ORCID

Peter V. Balint
National Institute of Rheumatology and Physiotherapy (Budapest, Hungary) ^ORCID

Marek Brzosko
Department of Rheumatology, Internal Medicine, and Geriatrics, Pomeranian Medical University (Szczecin, Poland) ^ORCID

Caterina de Carolis
Past Head Gynecology and Obstetrics, San Giovanni and San Giacomo Hospital (Rome, Italy) ^ORCID

Ricard Cervera
Department of Autoimmune Diseases Hospital Clínic (Barcelona, Spain) ^ORCID

Hector Chinoy
University of Manchester (Manchester, United Kingdom) ^ORCID

Maurizio Cutolo
Research Laboratory and Academic Unit of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genova, Genova, Italy, Ospedale Policlinico San Martino (Genova, Italy) ^ORCID

László Czirják
Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Medical School University of Pécs (Pécs, Hungary) ^ORCID

Nemanja Damjanov
Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Belgrade University School of Medicine (Belgrade, Serbia) ^ORCID

Oliver Distler
Division of Rheumatology, University Hospital (Zurich, Switzerland) ^ORCID

Anna Filipowicz-Sosnowska
National Institute of Geriatrics, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation (Warsaw, Poland) ^ORCID

Frauke Förger
Department of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergology, Inselspital, University Hospital (Bern, Switzerland) ^ORCID

Armen Yuri Gasparyan
Departments of Rheumatology and Research and Development, Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust (Teaching Trust of the University of Birmingham)
Russells Hall Hospital, Dudley, West Midlands, (Birmingham, United Kingdom) ^ORCID

Piotr Głuszko
Clinic of Rheumatology, National Institute of Geriatrics, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation (Warsaw, Poland) ^ORCID

José Hernández-Rodríguez
Clinical Unit of Autoinflammatory Diseases and Vasculitis Research Unit, Department of Autoimmune Diseases,
Hospital Clínic of Barcelona, Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), University of Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain) ^ORCID

Eugeniusz J. Kucharz
Department of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Upper Silesian Medical Center in Katowice, Medical University of Silesia (Katowice, Poland) ^ORCID

Brygida Kwiatkowska
Early Arthritis Clinic, National Institute of Geriatrics, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation
(Warsaw, Poland) ^ORCID

Piotr Leszczyński
Department of Rheumatology, Rehabilitation and Internal Medicine, Poznan University of Medical Sciences (Poznan, Poland) ^ORCID

Maria Majdan
Department of Rheumatology and Systemic Connective Tissue Disorders, Medical University of Lublin (Lublin, Poland) ^ORCID

Paweł Małdyk
Clinic of Orthopedics and Traumatology, The Infant Jesus Clinical Hospital (Warsaw, Poland) ^ORCID

Włodzimierz Maśliński
Department of Pathophysiology and Immunology, National Institute of Geriatrics, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation (Warsaw, Poland) ^ORCID

Agnieszka Neumann-Podczaska
National Institute of Geriatrics, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation (Warsaw, Poland) ^ORCID

Carlo Perricone
Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, Rheumatology, Sapienza University of Rome (Rome, Italy) ^ORCID

Lidia Rutkowska-Sak
National Institute of Geriatrics, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation (Warsaw, Poland) ^ORCID

Włodzimierz Samborski
Department of Rheumatology, Rehabilitation and Internal Medicine, Poznan University of Medical Sciences (Poznan, Poland) ^ORCID

Yehuda Shoenfeld
Department of Medicine B and Center for Autoimmune Diseases Chaim Sheba Medical Center (Tel-Hashomer, Israel) ^ORCID

Josef Smolen
Clinic for Internal Medicine III, Institute of Rheumatology (Vienna, Austria) ^ORCID

Elżbieta Smolewska
Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Rheumatology, Medical University of Łódź (Lodz, Poland) ^ORCID

Zoltán Szekanecz
Division of Rheumatology, Third Department of Medicine, University of Debrecen Medical and Health Sciences Center (Debrecen, Hungary) ^ORCID

Gabriella Szűcs
Department of Rheumatology, University of Debrecen (Debrecen, Hungary) ^ORCID

Angela Tincani
Department of Clinical and Experimental Science, Rheumatology and Immunology Clinic
(Brescia, Italy) ^ORCID

Witold Tłustochowicz
Department of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology, Military Institute of Medicine in Warsaw (Warsaw, Poland) ^ORCID

Piotr Wiland
Department of Rheumatology and Internal Medicine, Wroclaw Medical University (Wroclaw, Poland) ^ORCID

Roman Yatsyshyn
Ivano-Frankivsk National Medical University (Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine) ^ORCID

Zbigniew Żuber
Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Cracow University
Ward for Older Children with Neurology and Rheumatology Subdivision, St. Louis Regional Specialised Children’s Hospital (Krakow, Poland) ^ORCID
Honorary reviewers

Henryka Brózik (Łódź, Polska)

Irena Fiedorowicz-Fabrycy (Szczecin, Polska)

Sławomir Maśliński (Warszawa, Polska)

Jacek Pazdur (Warszawa, Polska)

Alicja Ryżewska (Warszawa, Polska)

Stanisław Sierakowski (Białystok, Polska)

Tadeusz Styczyński (Warszawa, Polska)

Jacek Szechiński (Wrocław, Polska)

Irena Zimmermann-Górska (Poznań, Polska)

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