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Descriptor English:   Sjogren's Syndrome 
Descriptor Spanish:   Síndrome de Sjögren 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Síndrome de Sjögren 
Synonyms English:   Sicca Syndrome  
Tree Number:   C05.550.114.154.774
C05.799.114.774
C07.465.815.929.669
C11.496.260.719
C17.300.775.099.774
C20.111.199.774
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
See Related English:   Keratoconjunctivitis Sicca
 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
BL blood CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced CL classification
CO complications CN congenital
DI diagnosis DH diet therapy
DT drug therapy EC economics
EM embryology EN enzymology
EP epidemiology EH ethnology
ET etiology GE genetics
HI history IM immunology
ME metabolism MI microbiology
MO mortality NU nursing
PS parasitology PA pathology
PP physiopathology PC prevention & control
PX psychology RA radiography
RI radionuclide imaging RT radiotherapy
RH rehabilitation SU surgery
TH therapy US ultrasonography
UR urine VE veterinary
VI virology  
Record Number:   24314 
Unique Identifier:   D012859 

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