Use of patient age and anti-Ro/La antibody status to determine the probability of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus and sicca symptoms fulfilling criteria for secondary Sjögren's syndrome [5]

Rheumatology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 189-191

  Prabu, A ^a   Marshall, T ^b   Gordon, C ^c   Plant, T ^c   Bawendi, A ^c   Heaton, S ^c   Jobson, S ^b   Briggs, D ^b   Bowman, S J ^a,c  

^a SOLIHULL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; HLA DR ANTIGEN; LA ANTIBODY; RO ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGE; ANTIBODY TITER; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GENOTYPE; HEALTH STATUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SALIVARY GLAND; SALIVATION; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MIDDLE AGED; SJOGREN'S SYNDROME;

EID: 0037244697     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keg048     Document Type: Letter

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