High prevalence of autoantibodies to muscarinic-3 acetylcholine receptor in patients with juvenile-onset Sjögren syndrome [3]

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 136-137

  Nakamura, Y ^a   Wakamatsu, E ^a   Matsumoto, I ^a   Tomiita, M ^b   Kohno, Y ^b   Mori, M ^c   Yokota, S ^c   Goto, D ^a   Ito, S ^a   Tsutsumi, A ^a   Sumida, Takayuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; JUVENILE; LACRIMATION; LETTER; ONSET AGE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVATION; SJOEGREN SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOANTIBODIES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; RECEPTORS, MUSCARINIC; SJOGREN'S SYNDROME;

EID: 37749048646     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2007.072421     Document Type: Letter

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