To investigate whether anticyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies (anti-CCP) predict the subset of Japanese patients with Sjögren's syndrome (SS) with articular manifestations.
Unit of Translational Medicine, Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8501, Japan.