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Immunologic Similarities and Differences Between Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Sjögren’s Syndrome

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Sjögren’s syndrome is a chronic autoimmune disorder which primarily affects females and has a diverse clinical spectrum expanding from an organ (exocrine glands) specific autoimmune disorder to systemic (extraglandular) disease and finally to lymphoid neoplasia [1].

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Moutsopoulos, H.M. (1987). Immunologic Similarities and Differences Between Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Sjögren’s Syndrome. In: Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-71642-3_12

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