Abstract Number: 1479 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2017
Difference in Clinical Presentation between Female and Male Patients with Primary Sjogren’s Syndrome at Diagnosis and in Long-Term Follow-up
Jorge Ramírez1, Marika Kvarnstrom2, Susanna Brauner3, Chiara Baldini4, Per Eriksson5, Thomas Mandl6, Katrine Brække Norheim7, Svein Joar Johnsen8, Daniel S. Hammenfors9,10, Malin V. Jonsson11, Kathrine Skarstein12,13, Johan G. Brun9,10, Lars Rönnblom14, Helena Forsblad D’Elia15, Sara Magnusson Bucher16, Elke Theander17, Roald Omdal8, Roland Jonsson9,10, Gunnel Nordmark18 and Marie Wahren-Herlenius19, 1Unit of Experimental Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, Solna, Sweden, 2Unit of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden, 3Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden, 4Internal Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy, 5Division of Rheumatology, Department of Clinical Experimental Medicine, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden, Linköping, Sweden, 6Department of Rheumatology, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden, Lund, Sweden, 7Department of Internal Medicine, Clinical Immunology Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway, Stavanger, Norway, 8Clinical Immunology Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Stavanger University Hospital, Stavanger, Norway, Stavanger, Norway, 9Broegelmann Research Laboratory, Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, Bergen, Norway, 10Department of Rheumatology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway, Bergen, Norway, 11Section for Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Department of Clinical Dentistry, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, Bergen, Norway, 12Gade Laboratory for Pathology, Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, 13Department of Pathology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Bergen, Norway, 14Rheumatology and Science for Life Laboratory, Department of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University, Sweden, Uppsala, Sweden, 15Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Rheumatology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden., Umeå, Sweden, 16Department of Rheumatology, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden, Örebro, Sweden, 17Department of Rheumatology, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden, Malmö, Sweden, 18Department of Medical Sciences, Section of Rheumatology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, Uppsala, Sweden, 19Unit of Experimental Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Despite men being less prone to develop autoimmune diseases, male sex has been associated with a more severe disease course in several systemic autoimmune…
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Abstract Number: 1479 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2017
Difference in Clinical Presentation between Female and Male Patients with Primary Sjogren’s Syndrome at Diagnosis and in Long-Term Follow-up
Background/Purpose: Despite men being less prone to develop autoimmune diseases, male sex has been associated with a more severe disease course in several systemic autoimmune…
