A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä
Focal sialadenitis in patients with ankylosing spondylitis and spondyloarthropathy: a comparison with patients with rheumatoid arthritis or mixed connective tissue disease
Tekijät: Helenius LMJ, Hietanen JH, Helenius I, Kautiainen H, Piirainen H, Paimela L, Lappalainen M, Suuronen R, Lindqvist C, Leirisalo-Repo M
Kustantaja: BRITISH MED JOURNAL PUBL GROUP
Julkaisuvuosi: 2001
Lehti:: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
Tietokannassa oleva lehden nimi: ANNALS OF THE RHEUMATIC DISEASES
Lehden akronyymi: ANN RHEUM DIS
Vuosikerta: 60
Numero: 8
Aloitussivu: 744
Lopetussivu: 749
Sivujen määrä: 6
ISSN: 0003-4967
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/ard.60.8.744
Conclusion-In addition to patients with RA or MCTD, focal sialadenitis also affects a very high proportion of patients with AS or SpA. Focus scores are significantly higher in patients with RA or MCTD than in those with AS or SpA. A significant association exists between focal sialadenitis and RF, ANA, SSA and SSB. However, in the subgroup of patients with AS or SpA, no associations were found between focal sialadenitis and serological markers or clinical symptoms.
