Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) has been often coined a model autoimmune disease based
on the homogeneity amongst patients, the frequency and similarity of antimitochondrial …

The prevalence of liver disease in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, Sjögren's syndrome
with rheumatoid arthritis, and Sjögren's syndrome without rheumatoid arthritis, has been …

Objective. We aimed to investigate the characteristics of autoimmune liver disease (AILD)
developed in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), including autoimmune …

Background The autoimmune destruction of exocrine glands that defines primary Sjögren's
syndrome (1° SS) often extends to non-exocrine organs including the liver. We aimed to …

Hepatic manifestations in autoimmune disease include chronic active hepatitis, primary
biliary cirrhosis, primary sclerosing cholangitis, and nodular regenerative hyperplasia …

The sicca components of Sjögren's syndrome were investigated in 14 patients with primary
biliary cirrhosis with a battery of tests that included Schirmer's test; rose bengal staining; …

Background: Background: Liver disturbance in rheumatoid diseases results not only from
liver disease associated with the rheumatoid diseases themselves but also from various …

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Anti-soluble liver antigen/liver pancreas (SLA/LP) autoantibody has been proposed to be
one of the autoantibodies characterizing autoimmune hepatitis (AIH). Recently, one of the …

The respiratory system is frequently involved in primary SS but this involvement is rarely
clinically significant. Its manifestations are secondary to desiccation of the tracheobronchial …