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Pediatric Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder and Sjögren Syndrome: More Common Than Previously Thought?

SABRINA GMUCA, SCOTT M. LIEBERMAN and JAY MEHTA
The Journal of Rheumatology June 2017, 44 (6) 959-960; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.160978
SABRINA GMUCA
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Rheumatology, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;
MD
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SCOTT M. LIEBERMAN
Stead Family Department of Pediatrics, Division of Rheumatology, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa;
MD, PhD
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JAY MEHTA
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Rheumatology, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
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