Difference between revisions of "Sjögren syndrome"

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*Dry mouth (xerostomia).
*Dry mouth (xerostomia).
*Dry eyes (xerophthalmia).
*Dry eyes (xerophthalmia).
Blood work:<ref name=pmid19323360>{{Cite journal  | title = Information from your family doctor. Sjögren syndrome. | journal = Am Fam Physician | volume = 79 | issue = 6 | pages = 472 | month = Mar | year = 2009 | doi =  | PMID = 19323360 | URL = http://www.aafp.org/afp/2009/0315/p465.html }}</ref>
*ANA +ve.
*Anti-SSA (Ro) +ve.
*Anti-SSB (La) +ve.


===Diagnostic criteria===
===Diagnostic criteria===
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#Four of six criteria required, must include either autoantibodies or histology.
#Four of six criteria required, must include either autoantibodies or histology.
#Three of the four objective (non-history) criteria are met.
#Three of the four objective (non-history) criteria are met.
Notes:
*ANA<ref name=pmid19323360>{{Cite journal  | title = Information from your family doctor. Sjögren syndrome. | journal = Am Fam Physician | volume = 79 | issue = 6 | pages = 472 | month = Mar | year = 2009 | doi =  | PMID = 19323360 | URL = http://www.aafp.org/afp/2009/0315/p465.html }}</ref> and RF<ref name=pmid12022353>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Vivino | first1 = FB. | last2 = Gala | first2 = I. | last3 = Hermann | first3 = GA. | title = Change in final diagnosis on second evaluation of labial minor salivary gland biopsies. | journal = J Rheumatol | volume = 29 | issue = 5 | pages = 938-44 | month = May | year = 2002 | doi =  | PMID = 12022353 }}</ref> were criteria in the past; they are no longer considered important in the diagnosis.


==Microscopic==
==Microscopic==
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