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The coexistence of Sjögren's syndrome and primary biliary cirrhosis: a comprehensive review.
Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology - 1 Jun 2015
Sun Ying, Zhang Weici, Li Baosen, Zou Zhengsheng, Selmi Carlo, Gershwin M Eric
Abstract excerpt
Organ-specific and systemic autoimmune diseases share numerous features and often coexist in the same patient. Autoimmune cholangitis/primary biliary cirrhosis and Sjogren syndrome represent paradigmatic examples of the common grounds of different autoimmunity phenotypes based on similarities in clinical manifestations and immunopathogenesis. In fact, primary biliary cirrhosis and Sjogren's syndrome have both...
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