Co-occurrence of spondyloarthropathy and connective tissue disease: Development of Sjögren's syndrome and mixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) in a patient with ankylosing spondylitis

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 80-84

  Brandt, J ^a   Maier, T ^a   Rudwaleit, M ^a   Kuhl U ^a   Hiepe, F ^a   Sieper, J ^a   Braun, J ^a  

^a RHEUMAZENTRUM RUHRGEBIET   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ankylosing spondylitis; Mixed connective tissue disease; Sj gren's syndrome; Sulfasalazine

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; AUTOANTIBODY; AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN A; HLA B27 ANTIGEN; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHOTREXATE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISOLONE; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; SMALL NUCLEAR RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; STEROID;

ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ADULT; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMORBIDITY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; HUMAN; JOINT RADIOGRAPHY; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MIXED CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; MYOCARDITIS; MYOSITIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROXIMAL INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; SALIVARY GLAND DISEASE; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SPONDYLOARTHROPATHY; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIXED CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; SJOGREN'S SYNDROME; SPONDYLITIS, ANKYLOSING;

EID: 0036195205     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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