Renal tubular acidosis, arthritis and autoantibodies: primary Sjögren's syndrome in childhood
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- 13 December 2005
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Rheumatology
- Vol. 45 (2), 238-240
- https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/kei175
Abstract
Sir, Primary Sjögren's syndrome (PSS) is rare in the paediatric population [1, 2]. We describe an 8-yr-old female who presented with arthritis, distal renal tubular acidosis and an autoantibody profile suggestive of Sjögren's syndrome without sicca symptoms.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
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