Clinical follow up study of 87 patients with sicca symptoms (dryness of eyes or mouth, or both)

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 423-427

  Pertovaara, Marja ^a   Korpela, Markku ^b   Uusitalo, Hannu ^b   Pukander, Juhani ^b   Miettinen, Ari ^b   Helin, Heikki ^b   Pasternack, Amos ^b  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; CELL NUCLEUS ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SALIVARY GLAND; SCHOOL CHILD; SJOEGREN SYNDROME;

EID: 0033057447     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.58.7.423     Document Type: Article

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