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. 2002 Jun;61(6):482–484. doi: 10.1136/ard.61.6.482

Sjögren's syndrome criteria

R Manthorpe 1
PMCID: PMC1754112  PMID: 12006316

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An overview of the various sets of criteria and their year of introduction. Reproduced with permission of the author1 and the editor from Scand J Rheumatol 2001(suppl 115).

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