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Descriptor
English
:
Sjogren's Syndrome
Descriptor
Spanish
:
síndrome de Sjögren
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Síndrome de Sjogren
Synonyms
English
:
Sicca Syndrome
Sjogren Syndrome
Sjogrens Syndrome
Syndrome, Sicca
Syndrome, Sjogren's
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
DG
diagnostic imaging
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
RT
radiotherapy
RH
rehabilitation
SU
surgery
TH
therapy
UR
urine
VE
veterinary
VI
virology
Record Number:
24314
Unique Identifier:
D012859
Occurrence in VHL
:
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