Tear and saliva ferning tests in sjögren's syndrome (SS)

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 125-132

  Maragou, M ^a   Vaikousis, E ^a   Ntre, A ^a   Koronis, N ^a   Georgiou, P ^a   Hatzidimitriou, E ^a   Sotsiou, F ^a   Dantis, P ^a  

^a EVANGELISMOS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Saliva Ferning; Sj gren's Syndrome; Tear Ferning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; XEROPHTHALMIA; XEROSTOMIA;

CRYSTALLIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; SALIVA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SJOGREN'S SYNDROME; TEARS; XEROPHTHALMIA; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 0029935162     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02230328     Document Type: Article

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