Yan Zhang, Jian-Ying Yang, Jia-Qi Chen, Jia-He Liao, Zi-Wei Huang, Tzu-Hua Wu, Qian He, Xin-Bo Yu, Qin Wang, Wei-Jiang Song, Jing Luo, Qing-Wen Tao
OBJECTIVES: To investigate the impact of disease duration on clinical phenotypes in Chinese patients with primary Sjögren syndrome (pSS) and examine the correlation between clinical phenotypes and onset age, age at diagnosis, and disease duration. METHODS: Data from 952 patients diagnosed with pSS in China between January 2013 and March 2022 were analyzed based on medical records. Patients were categorized into 3 groups based on disease duration: short (<5 years), moderate (≥5 and <10 years), and long (≥10 years) group...
February 23, 2024: Journal of Clinical Rheumatology: Practical Reports on Rheumatic & Musculoskeletal Diseases