Primary Sjogren's syndrome associated agranulocytosis: a benign disorder?
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Primary Sjögren's syndrome associated agranulocytosis: a benign disorder?
OBJECTIVE To report on an uncommon association of agranulocytosis in primary Sjögren's syndrome (SS). METHODS The clinical, haematological, and immunological features of seven patients with primary SS associated with a chronic (>6 months) agranulocytosis, and the outcome of the patients, were analysed. RESULTS Patients were white women with an unexplained agranulocytosis. They all had non-e...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0003-4967
DOI: 10.1136/ard.62.5.476