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Increased utilisation of eye disorder-related ambulatory medical services prior to the diagnosis of Sjögren's syndrome in female patients: a longitudinal population-based study in Taiwan

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  • Ming-Chi Lu Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital, Chiayi, TaiwanSchool of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Wen-Hsiung Fa School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, TaiwanDepartment of Ophthalmology, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Tzung-Yi Tsai Department of Medical Research, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital, Chiayi, TaiwanDepartment of Nursing, Tzu Chi College of Technology, Hualien, TaiwanDepartment of Environmental and Occupational Health, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Malcolm Koo Department of Medical Research, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital, Chiayi, TaiwanDalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Ning-Sheng Lai Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital, Chiayi, TaiwanSchool of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Dr Malcolm Koo; m.koo{at}utoronto.ca and Dr Ning-Sheng Lai; tzuchilai{at}gmail.com
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Lu M, Fa W, Tsai T, et al
Increased utilisation of eye disorder-related ambulatory medical services prior to the diagnosis of Sjögren's syndrome in female patients: a longitudinal population-based study in Taiwan
BMJ Open 2014;4:e003862. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003862

Publication history

  • Received August 21, 2013
  • Revised April 29, 2014
  • Accepted April 30, 2014
  • First published May 20, 2014.
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