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Usefulness of IgA Anti-α-fodrin Antibodies in Combination with Rheumatoid Factor and/or Antinuclear Antibodies as Substitute Immunological Criterion in Sjögren Syndrome with Negative Anti-SSA/SSB Antibodies

Gabriela Hernández-Molina, Carlos Nuñez-Alvarez, Carmen Avila-Casado, Luis Llorente, Carlos Hernández-Hernández, María Luisa Calderillo, Verónica Marroquín, Claudia Recillas-Gispert, Juanita Romero-Díaz and Jorge Sánchez-Guerrero
The Journal of Rheumatology October 2016, 43 (10) 1852-1857; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.151315
Gabriela Hernández-Molina
From the Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, the Dental Service, and the Ophthalmology Service, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico; Department of Pathology, University Health Network, Toronto General Hospital, and Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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