Article
Primary Sjögren's syndrome: clinical phenotypes, outcome and the development of biomarkers.
Immunologic research - 1 Feb 2017
Goules Andreas V, Tzioufas Athanasios G
Abstract excerpt
Primary Sjögren's syndrome is a complex, autoimmune disease with distinct clinical phenotypes and variable outcomes. The systemic form of the disease is characterized by immune complex-mediated manifestations and is complicated by lymphoma as a result of a polyclonal B cell hyperactivity that is evolving into B cell malignancy. In the past decades, well-established clinical and serological markers have been...
Topics
- Biomarkers
- Humans
- Phenotype
- Risk Factors
- Sjogren's Syndrome
- Treatment Outcome
