A case of overlap syndrome with rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, systemic sclerosis and secondary Sjögren's syndrome

Rheumatology International

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 841-845

  Turkcapar, Nuran ^a,b   Olmez, Umit ^a   Ozer, Didem ^a   Duzgun, Nursen ^a   Duman, Murat ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Case report; Hashimoto's thyroiditis; Overlap syndrome; Rheumatoid arthritis; Secondary Sj gren's syndrome; Systemic lupus erythematosus; Systemic sclerosis

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; PREDNISOLONE; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CASE REPORT; COOMBS POSITIVE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; DEATH; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; FEMALE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LEUKOPENIA; LYMPHOCYTOPENIA; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NEPHRITIS; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MIDDLE AGED; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SJOGREN'S SYNDROME;

EID: 33745102086     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-005-0084-1     Document Type: Article

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