Abstracts tagged "Sjogren’s syndrome and sex bias"

Abstract Number: 640 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2015
Sjögren’s Syndrome in Male Patients Presents with Higher Autoantibody Levels and More Extraglandular Manifestations
Jorge Ramírez^1,2, Marika Kvarnstrom^2,3 and Marie Wahren-Herlenius^1,2, ¹Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden, ²Department of Medicine, Experimental Rheumatology Unit, Solna, Sweden, ³Department of Medicine, Unit of Rheumatology, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Primary Sjögren’s syndrome (pSS) and SLE are chronic autoimmune diseases that predominantly affect women, with a female:male ratio of approximately 9:1. SLE in men…