Fifty-eight patients with progressive systemic sclerosis (PSS) were evaluated clinically and by biopsy of the minor salivary glands of the lips for the presence of Sjogren's syndrome. Clinical findings included dry eyes in 38%' dry mouth in 32%' parotid enlargement in 4%' and an abnormal Schirmer's
Familial multiple sclerosis: Clinical, histocompatibility, and viral serological studies
β Scribed by Roswell Eldridge; Henry McFarland; John Sever; Doris Sadowsky; Helen Krebs
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1978
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 678 KB
- Volume
- 3
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0364-5134
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