Association between a history of mycobacterial infection and the risk of newly diagnosed Sjögren's syndrome: A nationwide, population-based case-control study.

Association between a history of mycobacterial infection and the risk of newly diagnosed Sjögren's syndrome: A nationwide, population-based case-control study.

To address the association between a history of tuberculosis (TB) or nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) infection and the risk of newly diagnosed Sjögren's syndrome (SS).Using a nationwide, population-based, claims dataset, and after excluding those who had rheumatoid arthritis or systemic lupu...

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Main Authors: Wen-Cheng Chao, Ching-Heng Lin, Tsai-Ling Liao, Yi-Ming Chen, Der-Yuan Chen, Hsin-Hua Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5423582?pdf=render

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