A rare case of systemic sclerosis complicated with multiple autoimmune diseases (Sjögren's syndrome, Graves' disease, and primary biliary cirrhosis)

Modern Rheumatology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 476-479

  Iikuni, Noriko ^a,b   Hanzawa, Midori ^a   Ohta, Shuji ^a   Nishinarita, Makoto ^a  

^a Taga General Hospital   (Japan)

^b TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autoimmune diseases; Graves' disease (GD); Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC); Sj gren's syndrome (SS); Systemic sclerosis (SSc)

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PENICILLAMINE; THIAMAZOLE; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS SICCA; LABORATORY TEST; LEG MUSCLE; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIRMER TEST; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SKIN BIOPSY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; THIRST; THYROID DISEASE; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 11144311317     PISSN: 14397595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10165-004-0342-1     Document Type: Article

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