Risk of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Female Adults With Primary Sjögren Syndrome: A Nationwide Population-Based Cohort Study

No large-scale population-based cohort study has ever investigated the risk of developing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in patients with Sjögren syndrome (SS). This study evaluated the risk of COPD in women with primary SS (pSS) in a nationwide population.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Shen, Te-Chun, Wu, Biing-Ru, Chen, Hsuan-Ju, Lin, Cheng-Li, Wei, Chang-Ching, Chen, Chia-Hung, Tu, Chih-Yen, Hsia, Te-Chun, Shih, Chuen-Ming, Hsu, Wu-Huei, Sung, Fung-Chang, Kao, Chia-Hung
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Health 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4998920/