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*Dry mouth (xerostomia). | *Dry mouth (xerostomia). | ||
*Dry eyes (xerophthalmia). | *Dry eyes (xerophthalmia). | ||
===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. | ||
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*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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