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Sjögren's syndrome: lymphoma predisposition coupled with a reduced frequency of t(14;18) translocations in blood lymphocytes.
Molecular carcinogenesis - 1 Mar 1999
Henriksson G, Brant M, Sandor Z, Manthorpe R, Bredberg A
Abstract excerpt
Sjögren's syndrome (SS) is a systemic autoimmune disorder with a strong tumor predisposition (a 44-fold elevated incidence of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma has been reported). By polymerase chain reaction analysis of t(14;18), a key lymphomagenic event in peripheral blood lymphocytes, we found a lower frequency in a subset of 12 SS patients positive for SS-A/SS-B autoantibodies than in 21 healthy subjects and 20 SS...
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