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Beyond sicca: high prevalence and predictors of baseline and worsening systemic involvement in patients with Sjögren's disease.

Matilde BandeiraManuel Silvério-AntónioNikita KhmelinskiiJoão E FonsecaVasco C Romão
Published in: Rheumatology advances in practice (2024)
Systemic involvement is seen in most SS patients. Younger and RF and salivary gland biopsy-positive patients are at higher risk of systemic disease. Around half of patients with systemic involvement experienced aggravated disease over time, especially those with constitutional involvement or RF.
Keyphrases
  • end stage renal disease
  • ejection fraction
  • newly diagnosed
  • peritoneal dialysis
  • ultrasound guided