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SUBMITTER: Urbanski G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7765802 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Urbanski Geoffrey G Chabrun Floris F Schaepelynck Baudouin B May Morgane M Loiseau Marianne M Schlumberger Esther E Delattre Estelle E Lavigne Christian C Lacombe Valentin V
Journal of clinical medicine 20201216 12
Descriptive and retrospective studies without control groups have suggested a possible association between primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS) and vitamin B12 (B12) deficiency. This is of importance because several mucosal and neurological features are common to these two conditions and could be prevented or reversed in case of B12 deficiency. We aimed to evaluate the association between pSS and B12 deficiency. We prospectively assessed the B12 status of 490 patients hospitalized in an internal med ...[more]