Effect of Tobacco Smoking on The Clinical, Histopathological, and Serological Manifestations of Sjögren's Syndrome.

OBJECTIVES:To assess the association of smoking habits with the clinical, serological, and histopathological manifestations of Sjögren's syndrome (SS) and non-Sjögren's sicca (non-SS sicca). METHODS:Cross-sectional case-control study of 1288 patients with sicca symptoms (587 SS and 701 non...

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Main Authors: Donald U Stone, Dustin Fife, Michael Brown, Keith E Earley, Lida Radfar, C Erick Kaufman, David M Lewis, Nelson L Rhodus, Barbara M Segal, Daniel J Wallace, Michael H Weisman, Swamy Venuturupalli, Michael T Brennan, Christopher J Lessard, Courtney G Montgomery, R Hal Scofield, Kathy L Sivils, Astrid Rasmussen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5293551?pdf=render