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Genetic basis of Sjögren's syndrome. How strong is the evidence?
Clinical & developmental immunology - 1 Jan 2000
Anaya Juan-Manuel, Delgado-Vega Angélica María, Castiblanco John
Abstract excerpt
Sjögren's syndrome (SS) is a late-onset chronic autoimmune disease (AID) affecting the exocrine glands, mainly the salivary and lachrymal. Genetic studies on twins with primary SS have not been performed, and only a few case reports describing twins have been published. The prevalence of primary SS in siblings has been estimated to be 0.09% while the reported general prevalence of the disease is approximately...
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