Quantitative assessment of salivary gland inflammatory infiltration in primary Sjogren's syndrome: Its relationship to different demographic clinical and serological features of the disorder

British Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 969-975

  Gerli, R ^a   Muscat, C ^a   Giansanti, M ^a   Danieli, M G ^b   Sciuto, M ^c   Gabrielli, A ^b   Fiandra, E ^a   Vitali, C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anti La(SSB) antibodies; Anti Ro(SSA) antibodies; Inflammatory infiltrates; Salivary glands; Sjogren's syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; AUTOANTIBODY; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLICATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKOPENIA; LYMPHADENITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEROLOGY; SIALOADENITIS; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SPLENOMEGALY; VASCULITIS;

EID: 0030868787     PISSN: 02637103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/36.9.969     Document Type: Article

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