Secondary Sjögren's syndrome and disease activity of rheumatoid arthritis Síndrome de Sjögren secundária e atividade da artrite reumatoide

OBJECTIVE: To study the relationship of the presence of secondary SS with disease activity, duration in RA. METHODS: Eighty two patients with RA were submitted to Schirmer test, minor salivary gland biopsy, questionnaire on sicca symptoms, DAS-28 4v determination. RESULTS: In this population, 20 (24...

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Main Authors: Daniel C. Antero, André G. M. Parra, Fernando H. Miyazaki, Marcelo Gehlen, Thelma L Skare
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Médica Brasileira 2011-06-01
Series:Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-42302011000300015