Quality of life in patients with Sjögren’s syndrome and sicca complex
✍ Scribed by P. LÓPEZ-JORNET; F. CAMACHO-ALONSO
- Book ID
- 110093241
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 55 KB
- Volume
- 35
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0305-182X
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## Abstract A prospective study was performed on patients who came to a university ophthalmology outpatient clinic with the complaint of dry eyes and who were documented to have keratoconjunctivitis sicca (KCS). Of 45 patients studied 1 had primary amyloidosis, and another 10 had KCS with a previou
Sjögren's syndrome (SS) in its classical form, which includes keratoconjunctivitis sicca, xerostomia and recurrent enlargement of the salivary glands, is associated with a connective tissue disease in at least half the patients. According to the present study of three patients with SS, achalasia and