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Autoantibodies in Sjögren's syndrome: clinical presentation and regulatory mechanisms.
Presse medicale (Paris, France : 1983) - 1 Sept 2012
Tzioufas Athanasios G, Tatouli Ioanna P, Moutsopoulos Haralampos M
Abstract excerpt
Primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS) is a systemic autoimmune disease mostly affecting the exocrine glands. A large number of autoantibodies have been detected in the serum of patients with pSS. Among them, anti-Ro/SSA and anti-La/SSB autoantibodies are the most common; they serve as disease markers and are involved in the pathogenesis of neonatal lupus syndrome (NLS). Other autoantibodies are associated with...
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