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Disease phenotype and diagnostic delay in Saudi patients with primary Sjögren’s syndrome

An exploratory cross-sectional study

Mohammed A. Omair, Bashaer S. AlQahtani, Esam H. AlHamad, Yusra A. Tashkandy, Nashwa S. Othman, Khalid A. AlShahrani, Muthurajan P. Paramasivam, Fahidah AlEnzi, Rabih Halwani and Maha H. Daghestani
Saudi Medical Journal April 2021, 42 (4) 405-410; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2021.42.4.20200767
Mohammed A. Omair
From the Rheumatology Division (Omair), Pulmonary Division (AlHamad, Paramasivam) Department of Medicine, from the Department of Zoology (AlQahtani, Daghestani), College of Medicine, from the Department of Statistics and Operations Research, College of Sciences (Tashkandy), Central Laboratory (Othman), King Saud University; from the Rheumatology Division, Department of Medicine (AlShahrani), Diriyah General Hospital, Ministry of Health; from the Department of Clinical Science, College of Medicine (AlEnzi), Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and from the Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Medicine (Halwani), Sharjah Institute for Medical Research, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
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Bashaer S. AlQahtani
From the Rheumatology Division (Omair), Pulmonary Division (AlHamad, Paramasivam) Department of Medicine, from the Department of Zoology (AlQahtani, Daghestani), College of Medicine, from the Department of Statistics and Operations Research, College of Sciences (Tashkandy), Central Laboratory (Othman), King Saud University; from the Rheumatology Division, Department of Medicine (AlShahrani), Diriyah General Hospital, Ministry of Health; from the Department of Clinical Science, College of Medicine (AlEnzi), Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and from the Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Medicine (Halwani), Sharjah Institute for Medical Research, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
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Esam H. AlHamad
From the Rheumatology Division (Omair), Pulmonary Division (AlHamad, Paramasivam) Department of Medicine, from the Department of Zoology (AlQahtani, Daghestani), College of Medicine, from the Department of Statistics and Operations Research, College of Sciences (Tashkandy), Central Laboratory (Othman), King Saud University; from the Rheumatology Division, Department of Medicine (AlShahrani), Diriyah General Hospital, Ministry of Health; from the Department of Clinical Science, College of Medicine (AlEnzi), Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and from the Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Medicine (Halwani), Sharjah Institute for Medical Research, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
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Yusra A. Tashkandy
From the Rheumatology Division (Omair), Pulmonary Division (AlHamad, Paramasivam) Department of Medicine, from the Department of Zoology (AlQahtani, Daghestani), College of Medicine, from the Department of Statistics and Operations Research, College of Sciences (Tashkandy), Central Laboratory (Othman), King Saud University; from the Rheumatology Division, Department of Medicine (AlShahrani), Diriyah General Hospital, Ministry of Health; from the Department of Clinical Science, College of Medicine (AlEnzi), Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and from the Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Medicine (Halwani), Sharjah Institute for Medical Research, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
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Nashwa S. Othman
From the Rheumatology Division (Omair), Pulmonary Division (AlHamad, Paramasivam) Department of Medicine, from the Department of Zoology (AlQahtani, Daghestani), College of Medicine, from the Department of Statistics and Operations Research, College of Sciences (Tashkandy), Central Laboratory (Othman), King Saud University; from the Rheumatology Division, Department of Medicine (AlShahrani), Diriyah General Hospital, Ministry of Health; from the Department of Clinical Science, College of Medicine (AlEnzi), Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and from the Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Medicine (Halwani), Sharjah Institute for Medical Research, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
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Khalid A. AlShahrani
From the Rheumatology Division (Omair), Pulmonary Division (AlHamad, Paramasivam) Department of Medicine, from the Department of Zoology (AlQahtani, Daghestani), College of Medicine, from the Department of Statistics and Operations Research, College of Sciences (Tashkandy), Central Laboratory (Othman), King Saud University; from the Rheumatology Division, Department of Medicine (AlShahrani), Diriyah General Hospital, Ministry of Health; from the Department of Clinical Science, College of Medicine (AlEnzi), Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and from the Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Medicine (Halwani), Sharjah Institute for Medical Research, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
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Muthurajan P. Paramasivam
From the Rheumatology Division (Omair), Pulmonary Division (AlHamad, Paramasivam) Department of Medicine, from the Department of Zoology (AlQahtani, Daghestani), College of Medicine, from the Department of Statistics and Operations Research, College of Sciences (Tashkandy), Central Laboratory (Othman), King Saud University; from the Rheumatology Division, Department of Medicine (AlShahrani), Diriyah General Hospital, Ministry of Health; from the Department of Clinical Science, College of Medicine (AlEnzi), Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and from the Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Medicine (Halwani), Sharjah Institute for Medical Research, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
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Fahidah AlEnzi
From the Rheumatology Division (Omair), Pulmonary Division (AlHamad, Paramasivam) Department of Medicine, from the Department of Zoology (AlQahtani, Daghestani), College of Medicine, from the Department of Statistics and Operations Research, College of Sciences (Tashkandy), Central Laboratory (Othman), King Saud University; from the Rheumatology Division, Department of Medicine (AlShahrani), Diriyah General Hospital, Ministry of Health; from the Department of Clinical Science, College of Medicine (AlEnzi), Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and from the Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Medicine (Halwani), Sharjah Institute for Medical Research, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
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Rabih Halwani
From the Rheumatology Division (Omair), Pulmonary Division (AlHamad, Paramasivam) Department of Medicine, from the Department of Zoology (AlQahtani, Daghestani), College of Medicine, from the Department of Statistics and Operations Research, College of Sciences (Tashkandy), Central Laboratory (Othman), King Saud University; from the Rheumatology Division, Department of Medicine (AlShahrani), Diriyah General Hospital, Ministry of Health; from the Department of Clinical Science, College of Medicine (AlEnzi), Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and from the Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Medicine (Halwani), Sharjah Institute for Medical Research, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
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Maha H. Daghestani
From the Rheumatology Division (Omair), Pulmonary Division (AlHamad, Paramasivam) Department of Medicine, from the Department of Zoology (AlQahtani, Daghestani), College of Medicine, from the Department of Statistics and Operations Research, College of Sciences (Tashkandy), Central Laboratory (Othman), King Saud University; from the Rheumatology Division, Department of Medicine (AlShahrani), Diriyah General Hospital, Ministry of Health; from the Department of Clinical Science, College of Medicine (AlEnzi), Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and from the Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Medicine (Halwani), Sharjah Institute for Medical Research, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
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vol. 42 no. 4 405-410
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2021.42.4.20200767
PubMed 
33795496

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Saudi Medical Journal
Online ISSN 
1658-3175
History 
  • Received November 27, 2020
  • Accepted February 22, 2021
  • Published online March 31, 2021.

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Copyright: © Saudi Medical Journal This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial License (CC BY-NC), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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  1. Mohammed A. Omair, MD⇑,
  2. Bashaer S. AlQahtani, PhD,
  3. Esam H. AlHamad, MD,
  4. Yusra A. Tashkandy, PhD,
  5. Nashwa S. Othman, MSc,
  6. Khalid A. AlShahrani, MD,
  7. Muthurajan P. Paramasivam, DTCD,
  8. Fahidah AlEnzi, MD,
  9. Rabih Halwani, PhD and
  10. Maha H. Daghestani, PhD
  1. From the Rheumatology Division (Omair), Pulmonary Division (AlHamad, Paramasivam) Department of Medicine, from the Department of Zoology (AlQahtani, Daghestani), College of Medicine, from the Department of Statistics and Operations Research, College of Sciences (Tashkandy), Central Laboratory (Othman), King Saud University; from the Rheumatology Division, Department of Medicine (AlShahrani), Diriyah General Hospital, Ministry of Health; from the Department of Clinical Science, College of Medicine (AlEnzi), Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and from the Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Medicine (Halwani), Sharjah Institute for Medical Research, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
  1. Address correspondence and reprint request to: Dr. Mohammed A. Omair, Rheumatology Division, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. E-mail: momair{at}ksu.edu.sa ORCID ID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9373-5473
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