Autoimmune diseases and their manifestations on oral cavity: diagnosis and clinical management [PDF]
, 2018 Oral signs are frequently the first manifestation of autoimmune diseases. For this reason, dentists play an important role in the detection of emerging autoimmune pathologies.
Bossù, Maurizio +5 more
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European Medical Journal, 2020 This case details a 33-year-old female who presented with a suggestive autoimmune history, arthralgias, and splenomegaly, and tested positive for Sjögren’s syndrome and anti-liver–kidney microsomal antibody.
Muhammad Sohaib Asghar +5 more
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Developing a service user informed intervention to improve participation and ability to perform daily activities in primary Sjögren’s syndrome: a mixed-methods study protocol [PDF]
, 2014 Introduction: A significant proportion of patients with primary Sjögren’s syndrome (PSS) is functionally impaired and experience difficulties participating in various aspects of everyday life.
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Analysis of the pathogenic factors and management of dry eye in ocular surface disorders [PDF]
, 2017 The tear film represents the interface between the eye and the environment. The alteration of the delicate balance that regulates the secretion and distribution of the tear film determines the dry eye (DE) syndrome. Despite having a multifactorial origin,
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Audio-vestibular symptoms in systemic autoimmune diseases [PDF]
, 2018 Immune-mediated inner ear disease can be primary, when the autoimmune response is against the inner ear, or secondary. The latter is characterized by the involvement of the ear in the presence of systemic autoimmune conditions. Sensorineural hearing loss
Adelchi, Croce +7 more
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A case with acquired lacrimal fistula due to Sjögren's syndrome
American Journal of Ophthalmology Case Reports, 2019 Purpose: To report a case with lacrimal fistula presumably associated with Sjögren's syndrome. Observations: A patient with Sjögren's syndrome was referred to our hospital for fistula from the inferior lacrimal canaliculus to the palpebral conjunctiva of
Sho Ishikawa +3 more
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Complement Activation in Patients With Probable Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Ability to Predict Progression to American College of Rheumatology-Classified Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. [PDF]
, 2020 ObjectiveTo evaluate the frequency of cell-bound complement activation products (CB-CAPs) as a marker of complement activation in patients with suspected systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and the usefulness of this biomarker as a predictor of the ...
Alexander, Roberta Vezza +12 more
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BMC Nephrology, 2012 Background Sjögren’s syndrome is a systemic autoimmune disease in which lymphatic cells destroy the salivary and lacrimal glands. Glomerulonephritis is thought to be a rare occurrence in primary Sjögren’s syndrome.
Kim Chang +5 more
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Insights into Microbiota in Sjögren’s Syndrome
Medicina, 2023 Primary Sjögren’s syndrome (pSS) is a heterogeneous chronic autoimmune disorder with multiple clinical manifestations that can develop into non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue.
Diana Mieliauskaitė, Vilius Kontenis
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Invariant NKT cells and rheumatic disease: Focus on primary sjogren syndrome [PDF]
, 2019 Primary Sjogren syndrome (pSS) is a complex autoimmune disease mainly affecting salivary and lacrimal glands. Several factors contribute to pSS pathogenesis; in particular, innate immunity seems to play a key role in disease etiology.
Barbera L. L. +5 more
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