Reduced salivary secretion contributes more to changes in the oral microbiome of patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome than underlying disease

Ann Rheum Dis. 2018 Oct;77(10):1542-1544. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2018-213026. Epub 2018 Mar 23.

¹ Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
² Department of Medical Microbiology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
³ Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
⁴ Department of Gastroenterology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
⁵ Department of Genetics, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands.

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Keywords: autoimmunity; inflammation; sjøgren’s syndrome.

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