Title of article
Viral etiopathogenesis of Sjögrenʹs syndrome: role of the hepatitis C virus
Author/Authors
Manuel Ramos-Casals، نويسنده , , Mario Garc?a-Carrasco، نويسنده , , M Pilar Brito Zer?n، نويسنده , , Ricard Cervera، نويسنده , , Josep Font، نويسنده ,
Issue Information
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2002
Pages
6
From page
238
To page
243
Abstract
Patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) chronic infection present some extrahepatic manifestations that may mimic the clinical, immunologic and histological manifestations of primary Sjögrenʹs syndrome (SS). Thus, HCV patients with sicca symptomatology and positive autoantibodies could be misdiagnosed as a ‘primary’ SS. Nevertheless, there are several clinical and immunologic features that could help us differentiate both processes
Keywords
lymphoma , hepatitis C virus , viruses , cryoglobulinemia , Sjo¨gren’s syndrome
Journal title
Autoimmunity Reviews
Serial Year
2002
Journal title
Autoimmunity Reviews
Record number
474344
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