Echocardiographic findings in primary Sjogren's syndrome
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Echocardiographic findings in primary Sjögren's syndrome.
Primary Sjögren's syndrome is an autoimmune disorder characterized by an increased cellular and humoral activity, which determines immune-complex deposition at multisystemic level. The main morphologic and functional alterations associated with this syndrome at cardiovascular level have been described only in isolated cases. In this paper, 23 patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome were studie...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0003-4967
DOI: 10.1136/ard.56.9.568