The criteria for diagnosis of SS remain controversial, and several sets of diagnostic criteria
have been proposed. On one hand, we have used a stringent set of criteria (termed the San …

Because most rheumatic diseases lack a single distinguishing feature, the presence of a
combination of clinical and, sometimes, laboratory manifestations is needed to identify a …

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 determine the association between patterns of inflammation in labial salivary
glands (LSG) and the ocular component of Sjögren's syndrome (SS). Methods. We classified …

Objective: To determine the initial clinical status and the long-term outcome of mothers and
their children with autoantibody-associated congenital heart block. Design: Dynamic …

Three hundred patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS) were investigated for liver
involvement using clinical, biochemical, immunological and histological data. Seven percent …

The frequency of latent viral infection by cytomegalovirus (CMV), Epstein–Barr virus (EBV)
and herpes virus-6 (HHV-6) was investigated in patients with RA with or without Sjögren's …

In a hospital population of 154 patients with a wide range of inflammatory rheumatic
diseases, patients with sicca symptoms were subjected to objective ocular and oral tests to …

Early dental loss is a well-known complication of Sjögren's syndrome. Forty percent (n= 16)
of 39 consecutive patients with the syndrome had early dental loss. Dental loss correlated …

The major salivary glands were examined with 99m-Tc-pertechnetate scintigraphy in
randomly selected subjects with (n= 30) and without (n= 12) symptoms of dry mouth and/or …