Primary Sjögren's syndrome associated with chronic atrophic gastritis and pernicious anemia.
Sjögren's syndrome (SS) is a systemic, autoimmune exocrinopathy in which destructive, inflammatory-cell infiltration can affect any gland. Although chronic atrophic gastritis is the most common form of gastrointestinal involvement in SS, pernicious anemia develops in rare cases. We therefore report a patient with these three associated diseases.
Pedro-Botet
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J
Department of Medicine, Hospital del Mar, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Spain.
Coll
J
J
Tomás
S
S
Soriano
J C
JC
Gutiérrez-Cebollada
J
J
D000368:Aged; D000752:Anemia, Pernicious / Q000209:etiology*; D005757:Gastritis, Atrophic / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012859:Sjogren's Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis