Abstracts tagged "Sjogren’s syndrome and ethnic studies"

Abstract Number: 2532 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2014
Characteristics of Primary Sjögren Syndrome in the Black Population of Martinique
Katlyne Polomat¹, Serge Arfi², Lauren Brunier-Agot³, Véronique Dehlinger⁴, Michel DeBandt³, Georges Jean Baptiste⁵ and Christophe Deligny⁶, ¹Centre Hospitalier universitaire de Fort de France, Fort de France, Martinique, ²Rhumatologie Et Médecine Interne, Centre hospitalier Universitaire de Fort de France, Fort de France, Martinique, ³Rheumatology, Centre Hospitalier universitaire de Fort de France, Fort de France, Martinique, ⁴Rheumatology, Centre Hospitalier universitaire de Fort de France, Fort De France - Martinique, Martinique, ⁵Rheumatology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Fort de France, Fort de France, Guadeloupe, ⁶Internal Medicine, CHU Fort de France, Fort de France, France
Background/Purpose: There is very limited data on the clinical, biological characteristics and evolution of primary Sjögren syndrome (pSS) in black patients of African origin. And…