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Ifigenia Kostoglou-Athanassiou1 \*, Lambros Athanassiou<sup>2</sup> and Panagiotis Athanassiou3

1 Department of Endocrinology, Asclepeion Hospital, Athens, Greece

2 First Department of Medicine, Asclepeion Hospital, Athens, Greece

3 Department of Rheumatology, St. Paul's Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece

\*Address all correspondence to: ikostoglouathanassiou@yahoo.gr

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