Sicca symptoms in Thai patients with rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus and scleroderma: A comparison with age-matched controls and correlation with disease variables

Asian Pacific Journal of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 213-221

  Wangkaew, Suparaporn ^a   Kasitanon, Nuntana ^a   Sivasomboon, Chate ^a   Wichainun, Ramjai ^a   Sukitawut, Waraporn ^a   Louthrenoo, Worawit ^a  

^a CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LA ANTIGEN; RO ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCLERODERMA; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; THAILAND; XEROSTOMIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EYE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SJOGREN'S SYNDROME; THAILAND;

EID: 33847417452     PISSN: 0125877X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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