Sicca symptoms and anti-SSA/Ro antibodies are common in mixed connective tissue disease

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 487-489

  Setty, Yatish N ^a   Pittman, Cory B ^a   Mahale, Adit S ^a   Greidinger, Eric L ^a   Hoffman, Robert W ^a  

^a MA427 HSC   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoantibody; Autoimmunity; Human; Mixed connective tissue disease; Sj gren's syndrome

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY; SJOGREN SYNDROME ANTIBODY; SMALL NUCLEOLAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; SMALL NUCLEOLAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; SERODIAGNOSIS; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; EXANTHEMA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIXED CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; PHOTOSENSITIVITY DISORDERS; SJOGREN'S SYNDROME;

EID: 0036193036     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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