AIM--To establish a definitive set of diagnostic criteria in a multicentre European study a
selected number of oral and ocular tests were performed on a large number of patients with …

OBJECTIVE: To assess the recently proposed preliminary criteria for the classification of
Sjögren's syndrome (SS) in a multicentre European study of a new series of clinically …

Objective. Different sets of diagnostic criteria have been proposed for Sjögren's syndrome
(SS), but none have been validated with a large series of patients or in a multicenter study …

OBJECTIVE: The aim of our study was to determine the prevalence of Sjögren's syndrome
(SS) in Slovenia. METHODS: A total of 889 randomly selected adults were invited to take …

Abstract OBJECTIVE: Using the European Community (EC) criteria for classification Vitali et
al. Arthritis Rheum 1993; 36: 340 7, we report the prevalence estimates of Sjogren's …

The Japanese criteria for diagnosing Sjögren's syndrome (SS) were revised in 1999, and
consist of four major areas: histopathology, oral examination, ocular examination, and …

OBJECTIVES To determine associations between symptoms of dry eyes and dry mouth and
objective evidence of lacrimal and salivary gland dysfunction in a population based sample …

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from considering six different items for each patient. If four or more items (excluding a special …

One hundred and forty-three sequential, unselected patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA)
were prospectively evaluated for evidence of secondary Sjögren's syndrome (sSS). All of …

OBJECTIVE To define the prevalence of Sjögren's syndrome (SS) through an
epidemiological survey in a closed rural community. The classification of SS is based on the …