Sex differences in primary Sjogren's syndrome

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 2373-2376

  Brennan, Michael T ^a   Fox, Philip C ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Amarillo Biosciences Inc   (United States)

^c Amarillo Biosciences Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Salivary glands; Serology; Sex; Sjogren's syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVARY GLAND DISEASE; SEROLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SJOEGREN SYNDROME;

ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SJOGREN'S SYNDROME;

EID: 0032705944     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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