Epidemiology of Sjögren's syndrome: Where are we now?

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-4

  Binard, Aymeric ^a   Devauchelle Pensec, Valérie ^a   Fautrel, Bruno ^b   Jousse, Sandrine ^a   Youinou, Pierre ^a   Saraux, Alain ^a,c  

^a BREST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c Centre Hospitalier de la Cavale Blanche   (France)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Incidence; Prevalence; Sj gren's syndrome

Indexed keywords

BLOOD GROUP B ANTIBODY;

CLINICAL FEATURE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS SICCA; MASS SCREENING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; XEROSTOMIA;

COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; SJOGREN'S SYNDROME;

EID: 33947582074     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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