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Sjogren's Syndrome

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Definition: Chronic inflammatory and autoimmune disease in which the salivary and lacrimal glands undergo progressive destruction by lymphocytes and plasma cells resulting in decreased production of saliva and tears. The primary form, often called sicca syndrome, involves both KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS SICCA and XEROSTOMIA. The secondary form includes, in addition, the presence of a connective tissue disease, usually rheumatoid arthritis.  a form of rheum arthritis; do not confuse with SJOGREN-LARSSON SYNDROME, a form of ichthyosis; in titles & translations, use diacrit: Sjogren   
See Also Keratoconjunctivitis Sicca
Other names Sicca Syndrome; Syndrome, Sjogren's; Syndrome, Sicca; Sjogrens Syndrome; Sjogren Syndrome
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSource
Golgi complex autoantigen, 97-kDa  0   *Autoantigens Sjogren's Syndrome. Arthritis Rheum 1997 Sep;40(9):1693-702
197 antigen  0   *Retroviridae Proteins Antigens, Viral Sjogren's Syndrome. Clin Exp Immunol 1992 Jul;89(1):46-51

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