Subjective and Objective Measures of Dryness Symptoms in Primary Sjgrens Syndrome: Capturing the Discrepancy
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ORIANA M. BEZZINA, PETER GALLAGHER, SHERYL MITCHELL, SIMON J. BOWMAN, BRIDGET GRIFFITHS, VICTORIA HINDMARSH, BEN HARGREAVES, ELIZABETH J. PRICE, COLIN T. PEASE, PAUL EMERY, PETER LANYON, MICHELE BOMBARDIERI, NURHAN SUTCLIFFE, COSTANTINO PITZALIS, JOHN HUNTER, MONICA GUPTA, JOHN MCLAREN, ANNE M. COOPER, MARIAN REGAN, IAN P. GILES, DAVID A. ISENBERG, VADIVELU SARAVANAN, DAVID COADY, BHASKAR DASGUPTA, NEIL J. MCHUGH, STEVEN A. YOUNG-MIN, ROBERT J. MOOTS, NAGUI GENDI, MOHAMMED AKIL, KIRSTEN MACKAY, W. FAI NG, LUCY J. ROBINSON, AND THE UK PRIMARY SJ€ OGREN’S SYNDROME REGISTRY
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Subjective and Objective Measures of Dryness Symptoms in Primary Sjögren's Syndrome: Capturing the Discrepancy
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