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      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">TOPHJ</journal-id>
      <journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">Open Public Health J</journal-id>
      <journal-title>The Open Public Health Journal</journal-title>
      <abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">Open Public Health J.</abbrev-journal-title>
      <issn pub-type="epub">1874-9445</issn>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="pii">BMS-TOPHJ-2025-213</article-id>

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        <article-title>Withdrawn: Association of Circulating Biomarkers with Disease Severity in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Cross-Sectional Study</article-title>
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          <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7058-481X</contrib-id>
          <name>
            <surname>Moghadam</surname>
            <given-names>Mahdiyeh Hedayati</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">1</xref>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8676-1246</contrib-id>
          <name>
            <surname>Kamali</surname>
            <given-names>Ali</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2">2</xref>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author">
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          <name>
            <surname>Raesi</surname>
            <given-names>Rasoul</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff3">3</xref>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff4">4</xref>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname><break/>Afsharpour</surname>
            <given-names>Najmeh</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff5">5</xref>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Mohsenbeigi</surname>
            <given-names>Sajedeh</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff5">5</xref>
        </contrib>

        <contrib contrib-type="author">
        <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8833-1941</contrib-id>
          <name>
            <surname>Khajouei Nia</surname> 
            <given-names>Sholeh</given-names>
          </name>
        <xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2">2</xref>
        </contrib>

        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4696-0835</contrib-id>
          <name>
            <surname>Vazirinasab</surname>
            <given-names>Habibe</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff6">6</xref>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3292-2558</contrib-id>
          <name>
            <surname>Baghcheghi</surname>
            <given-names>Yousef</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff5">5</xref>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes">
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          <name>
            <surname>Daneshi</surname>
            <given-names>Salman</given-names>
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          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff7">7</xref>
          <xref ref-type="corresp" rid="cor1">*</xref>
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        <aff id="aff1"><label>1</label>Department of Physiology, Jiroft University of Medical Sciences, Jiroft, Iran</aff>

        <aff id="aff2"><label>2</label>Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine Imam Khomeini Hospital, Jiroft University of Medical Sciences, Jiroft, Iran</aff>

        <aff id="aff3"><label>3</label>Department of Public Health, School of Health, Torbat Jam Faculty of Medical Sciences, Torbat Jam, Iran</aff>

        <aff id="aff4"><label>4</label><institution content-type="dept">Department of Health Services Management, School of Health</institution>, <institution>Mashhad University of Medical Sciences</institution>, <addr-line><city>Mashhad</city></addr-line>, <country country="ir">Iran</country></aff>

        <aff id="aff5"><label>5</label>Student Research Committee, Jiroft University of Medical Sciences, Jiroft, Iran</aff>

        <aff id="aff6"><label>6</label>Department of Biostatistics, School of Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran</aff>

        <aff id="aff7"><label>7</label>Department of Public Health, School of Health, Jiroft University of Medical Sciences, Jiroft, Iran</aff>

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      <pub-date pub-type="epub">
        <day>06</day>
        <month>05</month>
        <year>2026</year>
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      <pub-date pub-type="collection">
        <year>2026</year>
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      <volume>19</volume>
      <elocation-id>e18749442604281</elocation-id>

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