Financial and Competing Interests: DPM is an Associate Editor of Rheumatology International, Associate Editor of Indian Journal of Rheumatology and editorial board member of Clinical Rheumatology, Mediterranean Journal of Rheumatology, Archives of Rheumatology, African Journal of Rheumatology and Central Asian Journal of Medical Hypotheses and Ethics. VR is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (JRCPE). This paper has undergone peer review in accordance with JRCPE's policies. VR is also Emeritus Editor of the Indian Journal of Rheumatology and an editorial board member of Rheumatology Advances in Practice (Oxford)
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