autoimmunity and viral infections are closely associated fields, and viruses have been proposed as a likely aetiological, contributory or triggering factors of systemic autoimmune diseases. hepatitis c virus seems to be the virus usually associated with the appearance of autoimmune diseases, and the relationship between chronic hepatitis c virus infection and some autoimmune disease has been st...

Background Anticentromere antibodies (ACA) have been reported in primary Sjogren syndrome (pSS) at lower frequencies but recently suggested as another clinically important marker this disease 1 . Although several papers published on ACA-positive pSS, the results conflicting 2,3 Objectives To evaluate correlation between presence of ACA and associated symptomatology, especially related to microv...