1 Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universita´rio Pedro Ernesto,
Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ,
2 Commission of vascular disease, Sociedade Brasileira de
Reumatologia, Sa˜ o Paulo, 3
Ophthalmologist, PGCM, Faculdade de
Cieˆ ncias Me´ dicas, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de
Janeiro, RJ, Brazil and 4
Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, RuhrUniversity Bochum, Herne, Germany
*Correspondence to: Gustavo Balbi, Boulevard 28 de Setembro, 77
Vila Isabel, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 20551-030, Brazil.
E-mail: ggmbalbi@gmail.com
Submitted 8 December 2016; revised version accepted 15 January 2017
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