Incidence of primary Sjögren's syndrome in Slovenia

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 874-876

  Plesivcnik Novljan M ^a   Rozman, B ^a   Hocevar A ^a   Grmek, M ^a   Kveder, T ^a   Tomsic M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EUROPE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOLOGY; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SLOVENIA; VALIDATION PROCESS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SJOGREN'S SYNDROME; SLOVENIA;

EID: 3042779816     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2003.014027     Document Type: Article

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