Association between Serum Amiloid A (SAA) in salivary glands and high levels of circulating β2-microglobulin in patients with Sjögren syndrome

• Main Authors: M. Benucci (Author), F. Li Gobbi (Author), A. Del Rosso (Author), G. Gambacorta (Author), A. Mannoni (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: PAGEPress Publications, 2003-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objectives: The presence of secondary amyloidosis is a complication of different rheumatic diseases. We investigated the presence of Serum Amiloid A (SAA), marker of secondary amiloidosis, in salivary glands of patients (pts) with Sjögren Syndrome (SS) and correlated it to biohumoral parameters. Ma...