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Ann Rheum Dis. 2002 December; 61(12): 1090-1094.

doi: 10.1136/ard.61.12.1090.

PMCID: PMC1753972

Diagnostic associations in a large and consecutively identified population positive for anti-SSA and/or anti-SSB: the range of associated diseases differs according to the detailed serotype

I Peene, L Meheus, E Veys, and F De Keyser

Department of Rheumatology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium. email: filip.dekeyser@rug.ac.be

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