Prevalence of periodontal disease in patients with Sjögren's syndrome
✍ Scribed by Michael P Najera; Ibtisam Al-Hashimi; Jacqueline M Plemons; Francisco Rivera-Hidalgo; Terry D Rees; Nasser Haghighat; John M Wright
- Book ID
- 117725957
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 521 KB
- Volume
- 83
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1528-395X
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## Abstract ## Objective To correlate the periodontal status of 15 patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome (SS) with their salivary levels of BAFF. ## Methods The periodontal status of 15 patients who fulfilled the criteria for primary SS was compared with that of 15 controls with xerostomia wh