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Descriptor English:

Sjogren's Syndrome

Descriptor Spanish:

Síndrome de Sjögren

Descriptor Portuguese:

Síndrome de Sjögren

Synonyms English:

Sicca Syndrome

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Definition English:

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.

Indexing Annotation English:

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

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Record Number:

24314

Unique Identifier:

D012859

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