The classification criteria for Sjögren syndrome: Issues for their improvement from the study of a large Italian cohort of patients

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 73, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Quartuccio, Luca ^a   Baldini, Chiara ^b   Priori, Roberta ^c   Bartoloni, Elena ^d   Carubbi, Francesco ^e   Giacomelli, Roberto ^e   Gerli, Roberto ^d   Valesini, Guido ^c   De Vita, Salvatore ^a   Bombardieri, Stefano ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b Rheumatology Clinic of Pisa   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d Rheumatology Clinic of Perugia   (Italy)

^e Rheumatology Clinic of L'Aquila   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRY EYE; HUMAN; ITALY; LETTER; LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SWELLING; SYSTEMIC THERAPY;

ADULT ONSET STILL'S DISEASE; AMYLOIDOSIS; ANALGESICS;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SJOGREN'S SYNDROME; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84902297550     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2013-205076     Document Type: Letter

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