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An unusual dyspnea in an 87-year old woman affected by Sjögren’s syndrome [PDF]

Beyond Rheumatology, 2021
Primary Sjögren’s syndrome (pSS) is a progressive autoimmune disease and is characterized by eye and mouth dryness due to lymphocytic infiltration in lacrimal and salivary glands leading to tissue destruction, but it can also present systemic ...
Carlo Grendene, Anna Francesca Guerra, Stefania Cerri, Antonello Pietrangelo, Massimo Fiorini   +4 more
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Selective polyclonal increase of immunoglobulin G1 subclass: a link with Sjögren's syndrome. [PDF]

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 1990
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, Freemont, AJ; id_orcid 0000-0002-9780-208X, Kay, R, Bernstein, R, Holt, P, Pumphrey, R.   +5 more
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Epistasis between the MHC and the RCAα block in primary Sjögren syndrome [PDF]

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 2008
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, McLure, C, Williamson, J, Bardy, P, Rischmueller, M, Dawkins, R L   +5 more
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The importance of minor salivary gland biopsy in sjögren syndrome diagnosis and the clinicopathological correlation [PDF]

Turkish Journal of Pathology, 2016
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, Karabulut, Gonca, Kabasakal, Yasemin, Kandiloglu, Gulsen, Akalin, Taner   +4 more
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Cerebellar degeneration in primary Sjögren syndrome: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2021
Background Cerebellar degeneration is a rare and severe presentation of primary Sjögren syndrome. There are few case reports of cerebellar degeneration associated with different autoimmune diseases, especially with systemic lupus erythematosus and neuro ...
Seow Lin Chuah, Ahmad Tirmizi Jobli, Sharifah Aishah Wan, Cheng Lay Teh   +3 more
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The study of serum muscarinic acetylcholine receptor subtype 3 (m3AChR)-Specific autoantibodies level in rheumatoid arthritis patients with secondary sjogren syndrome

BMC Rheumatology, 2023
Background Dry eyes and mouth are symptoms of Sjogren syndrome, which can occur on its own and be referred to as primary Sjogren syndrome or in conjunction with other rheumatic diseases like rheumatoid arthritis and be referred to as secondary Sjogren ...
Hagar Elsayed Fakher, Nagat Mohammed El Gazzar, Maaly Mohamed Mabrouk, Doaa Waseem Nada   +3 more
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Sjögren syndrome hidden by previous parotidectomy and cervicofacial radiotherapy

Journal of Oral Medicine and Oral Surgery, 2018
Introduction: Sjögren’s syndrome (SS) is a chronic inflammatory auto-immune disease of the exocrine glands which incidence increases with age. Sex ratio is 9.9 female for 1 male.
Desoutter Aline, Colin Angélique, Bodard Anne-Gaëlle   +2 more
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Nephrological disorders and neurological involvement in pediatric primary Sjogren syndrome:a case report and review of literature

Pediatric Rheumatology Online Journal, 2020
Background Sjögren syndrome (SS) is a rare disease in pediatrics, and little attention has been paid to the clinical feature in these patients. To date, there are few cases concern about neurological and nephrological disorders in childhood Sjögren ...
Jingya Zhao, Qin Chen, Yunyun Zhu, Meng Zhao, Jun Liu, Zhenzhong Zhang, Xiaoting Gong   +6 more
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Anaesthesia for caesarean section in a parturient with sjogren syndrome and scoping review

Journal of Obstetric Anaesthesia and Critical Care, 2023
Sjogren syndrome is a slowly progressive autoimmune disease with lymphocytic infiltration of exocrine glands, peri-epithelial and extra-epithelial tissues.
Shalvi Mahajan, Aakriti Sharma, Sanjay Kumar, Komal Gandhi   +3 more
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Higher frequency of brain abnormalities in neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder patients without primary Sjögren′s syndrome

Neural Regeneration Research, 2016
Neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder often co-exists with primary Sjögren′s syndrome. We compared the clinical features of 16 neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder patients with (n = 6) or without primary Sjögren′s syndrome (n = 10).
Li-na Gu, Min Zhang, Hui Zhu, Jing-yao Liu   +3 more
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