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Increased incidence of Sjogren's syndrome in systemic sclerosis: A nationwide population study.
Autoimmunity - 1 Jan 2015
Tseng Chia-Chun, Yen Jeng-Hsien, Tsai Wen-Chan, Ou Tsan-Teng, Wu Cheng-Chin, Sung Wan-Yu, Hsieh Ming-Chia, Chang Shun-Jen
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In the past, there were no studies to evaluate the incidence of Sjogren's syndrome and its relationship with sex and age in patients with systemic sclerosis. In this study, we enrolled 2217 patients with systemic sclerosis and 6485 controls from Taiwan's Registry of Catastrophic Illness database and National Health Insurance Research Database. Every patient with systemic sclerosis was matched to at most three...
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