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SUBMITTER: Rasmussen A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6281033 | biostudies-other | 2016 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Rasmussen Astrid A Radfar Lida L Lewis David D Grundahl Kiely K Stone Donald U DU Kaufman C Erick CE Rhodus Nelson L NL Segal Barbara B Wallace Daniel J DJ Weisman Michael H MH Venuturupalli Swamy S Kurien Biji T BT Lessard Christopher J CJ Sivils Kathy L KL Scofield R Hal RH
Rheumatology (Oxford, England) 20160321 7
<h4>Objective</h4>The diagnosis of SS is often difficult and many patients are symptomatic for years with other diagnoses before confirmation of SS. Our aim was to determine whether overlapping clinical and serologic features with RA and SLE may in part drive the misdiagnoses.<h4>Methods</h4>A total of 1175 sicca patients were evaluated in a multidisciplinary clinic and classified as having SS based on the American-European Consensus Group Criteria. They were interrogated for a past history of s ...[more]