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The incidence of Sjögren's sicca complex in a population of patients with keratoconjunctivitis sicca

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authors

  • Forstot, J. Z.
  • Forstot, S. L.
  • Greer, R. O.
  • Tan, Eng

publication date

  • 1982

journal

  • Arthritis and Rheumatism  Journal

abstract

  • A prospective study was performed on patients who came to a university ophthalmology outpatient clinic with the complaint of dry eyes and who were documented to have keratoconjunctivitis sicca (KCS). Of 45 patients studied 1 had primary amyloidosis, and another 10 had KCS with a previously diagnosed connective tissue disease. Of the remaining 34 patients, 19 had KCS alone without xerostomia, and the remaining 15 had KCS in association with subjective or objective xerostomia. Eight of these 15 patients were subsequently shown to have clinical Sjögren's syndrome--sicca complex, and for the majority, serologic and biopsy findings supported this diagnosis.

subject areas

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Biopsy
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Keratoconjunctivitis
  • Lip
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Prospective Studies
  • Salivary Glands
  • Sjogren's Syndrome
  • Xerostomia
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Identity

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 0004-3591

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1002/art.1780250207

PubMed ID

  • 7066046
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Additional Document Info

start page

  • 156

end page

  • 160

volume

  • 25

issue

  • 2

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