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Sjögren's Syndrome With Distal Renal Tubular Acidosis and Hypokalemic Myopathy in Pregnancy: A Rare Case [PDF]
Sjogren's syndrome may rarely present with distal renal tubular acidosis (dRTA), causing severe hypokalemia and myopathy. A 27‐year‐old primigravida at 15 weeks gestation presented with progressive proximal weakness and myalgia.
Nabiha Khan +5 more
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Visual resolution under photopic and mesopic conditions in patients with Sjögren's syndrome [PDF]
AIM: To focus on different visual resolution tasks under photopic and mesopic conditions in Sjögren's syndrome patients compared to age-matched healthy controls.
Mosaad Alhassan +5 more
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Introduction: Sjogren’s syndrome (SS) is a systemic chronic inflammatory autoimmune disease of unknown etiology that primarily affects exocrine glands. Most commonly Sjogren’s syndrome presents with dryness of the mouth and eyes, but it can also affect ...
Ewa Uram +6 more
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Ranula as an early symptom of Sjögren’s syndrome
Introduction and purpose: Sjögren's syndrome is an autoimmune disease affecting exocrine glands, mainly salivary glands. A ranula is a type of retention cyst associated with salivary extravasation that develops within the large salivary glands.
Jakub Aleksandrowicz +9 more
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IntroductionAssessing labial salivary gland exocrinopathy is a cornerstone in primary Sjögren’s syndrome. Currently this relies on the histopathologic diagnosis of focal lymphocytic sialadenitis and computing a focus score by counting lym=phocyte foci ...
Geoffrey Urbanski +15 more
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Selective polyclonal increase of immunoglobulin G1 subclass: a link with Sjögren's syndrome. [PDF]
A selective polyclonal increase in IgG1 has been described previously in a group of patients with connective tissue disease; nine of the 16 patients had a prior diagnosis of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). A detailed clinical and serological study of 32 patients with this immunoglobulin abnormality has now been made.
Hay, E +5 more
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Background Primary Sjögren’s syndrome is a chronic, autoimmune, connective tissue disorder that results from the infiltration of exocrine glands, especially the lacrimal and salivary glands, by autoantibodies.
Yu-Ming Chen, Kuei-Ying Su
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Recurrent Hypokalaemic Paresis in Secondary Sjögren’s Syndrome [PDF]
Hypokalaemia has a wide scale of causes. The most common ones include potassium loss from urinary tract, gastrointestinal system and loss through sweating.
Vignessh Raveekumaran +2 more
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Epistasis between the MHC and the RCAα block in primary Sjögren syndrome [PDF]
The RCA alpha block (Regulators of Complement Activation, 1q32) contains critical complement regulatory genes such as CR1 and MCP. This study examined RCA alpha block haplotype associations with both disease susceptibility and diversification of the anti-Ro/La autoantibody response in primary Sjögren syndrome (pSS).115 patients with pSS and 98 controls
Lester, S +5 more
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The importance of minor salivary gland biopsy in sjögren syndrome diagnosis and the clinicopathological correlation [PDF]
Minor salivary gland biopsy is one of the objective tests used in the diagnosis of Sjögren syndrome. The aim of our study was to compare the clinical and laboratory data of primary and secondary Sjögren syndrome cases with a lymphocyte score 3 and 4 in the minor salivary gland biopsy.Data from a total of 2346 consecutive minor salivary gland biopsies ...
Serin, Gurdeniz +4 more
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