A Case of Sjögren’s Syndrome with Marked Lacrimal Gland Enlargement, Atypical Onset and IgA-M-Proteinemia

Japanese Journal of Clinical Immunology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 466-472

  Yago, Toru ^a   Nishinarita, Makoto ^b  

^a Taga General Hospital   (Japan)

^b TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

IgA M proteinemia; Lacrimal gland enlargement; Sj gren S syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN MU CHAIN; SS A ANTIBODIES; SS-A ANTIBODIES;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; LACRIMAL APPARATUS; MALE; PARAPROTEINEMIA; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SJOEGREN SYNDROME;

AGED; ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN MU-CHAINS; LACRIMAL APPARATUS; MALE; PARAPROTEINEMIAS; SJOGREN'S SYNDROME;

EID: 0036988389     PISSN: 09114300     EISSN: 13497413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2177/jsci.25.466     Document Type: Article

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