Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) - CREST overlap syndrome with coexistence of Sjögren's syndrome and thyroid dysfunction

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 596-600

  Nakamura, Tadashi ^a   Higashi, Syu ichi ^a   Tomoda, Kunihiko ^a   Tsukano, Michishi ^a   Sugi, Kazuhiro ^b  

^a Kumamoto Center for Arthritis and Rheumatology   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION KUMAMOTO MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

CREST syndrome; PBC; Sj gren's syndrome; Thyroid dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CENTROMERE ANTIBODY; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HLA DR4 ANTIGEN; MITOCHONDRION ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CHOLESTASIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMAN; LIVER HISTOLOGY; MORNING STIFFNESS; PRIMARY BILIARY CIRRHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SYNDROME CREST; THYROID DISEASE;

CREST SYNDROME; FEMALE; GRAVES DISEASE; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, BILIARY; MIDDLE AGED; SJOGREN'S SYNDROME; SYNDROME;

EID: 33847644596     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-005-0178-x     Document Type: Article

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