Reproduction and gynaecological manifestations in women with primary Sjögren's syndrome: A case-control study

Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 45-48

  Haga, Hans Jacob ^a,e   Gjesdal, C Gram ^b   Irgens, L M ^c   Ostensen M ^d  

^a University of Esbjerg   (Denmark)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^e ESBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; LA ANTIBODY; RO ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AMENORRHEA; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENARCHE; MENOPAUSE; MENORRHAGIA; METRORRHAGIA; OVARIECTOMY; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALPINGITIS; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UTERINE CERVIX CONIZATION; VAGINAL DRYNESS;

ADULT; AGED; AMENORRHEA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; HUMANS; MENORRHAGIA; MENSTRUATION DISTURBANCES; METRORRHAGIA; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SJOGREN'S SYNDROME; VAGINAL DISEASES;

EID: 15944376626     PISSN: 03009742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03009740510017959     Document Type: Article

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