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Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease coexisted with Sjogren’s syndrome

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Here we described a case of primary Sjogren’s syndrome that coexisted with Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease.

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Soy, M., Peynirci, H., Bilgi, S. et al. Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease coexisted with Sjogren’s syndrome. Clin Rheumatol 26, 607–608 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10067-005-0184-z

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