Increased Frequency of Hand Osteoarthritis in Patients with Primary Sjogren Syndrome Compared with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Aksoy A., Solmaz D., CAN G., Cetin P., BALCI A., Akar S., ...More

JOURNAL OF RHEUMATOLOGY, vol.43, no.6, pp.1068-1071, 2016 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 43 Issue: 6
  • Publication Date: 2016
  • Doi Number: 10.3899/jrheum.150841
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF RHEUMATOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.1068-1071
  • Keywords: HAND OSTEOARTHRITIS, SJOGREN SYNDROME, SCORING SYSTEMS, PREVALENCE, CLASSIFICATION, ASSOCIATION, POPULATION, CRITERIA, PATTERN
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objective. In daily practice, we noticed that hand osteoarthritis (OA) was commonly associated with primary Sjogren syndrome (pSS). Therefore, we aimed to investigate its prevalence in patients with pSS in a controlled study.