Is Sjögren's syndrome a retroviral disease?

Circumstantial evidence suggests that retroviruses play a role in the pathogenesis of Sjögren's syndrome. Such evidence, derived from studies of patients with Sjögren's syndrome, includes the following: the presence of serum antibodies cross-reactive with retroviral Gag proteins; the occur...

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Main Authors: Sipsas, Nikolaos V, Gamaletsou, Maria N, Moutsopoulos, Haralampos M
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central 2011
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3132012/