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Stomatognathic Diseases > Mouth Diseases > Salivary Gland Diseases > Xerostomia > Sjogren's Syndrome
Immune System Diseases > Autoimmune Diseases > Arthritis, Rheumatoid > Sjogren's Syndrome
Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases > Connective Tissue Diseases > Rheumatic Diseases > Arthritis, Rheumatoid > Sjogren's Syndrome
Musculoskeletal Diseases > Rheumatic Diseases > Arthritis, Rheumatoid > Sjogren's Syndrome
Musculoskeletal Diseases > Joint Diseases > Arthritis > Arthritis, Rheumatoid > Sjogren's Syndrome
Eye Diseases > Lacrimal Apparatus Diseases > Dry Eye Syndromes > Sjogren's Syndrome

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Sjogren's Syndrome  

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  • Sjogren Syndrome

Note

  • a form of rheum arthritis; do not confuse with SJOGREN-LARSSON SYNDROME, a form of ichthyosis; in titles & translations, use diacrit: Sjogren

Scope note

  • 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.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D012859

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