An overview of the anatomy and biogenesis of salivary glands is important in order to
understand the physiology, functions and disorders associated with saliva. A major disorder …

Sjögren's syndrome (SS) is a chronic, systemic autoimmune disease that affects typically the
exocrine glands causing mucosal dryness. Dry eyes and mouth are considered by far the …

Objective To compare the performance of the American–European Consensus Group
(AECG) and the newly proposed American College of Rheumatology (ACR) classification …

Warm autoimmune hemolytic anemia (wAIHA) is a rare autoimmune disease with poorly
known natural history and management remaining mainly empirical. To better describe the …

Objectives To define the biomarkers associated with lymphoproliferation in primary
Sjögren's syndrome (pSS) by distinguishing in separate groups the two best-recognized non …

Objective To describe the epidemiology of primary Sjögren's syndrome (SS) in a
multiracial/multiethnic population. Methods A cross‐sectional study with 5 case‐retrieval …

Objective. Anticyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies (anti-CCP) are considered specific
markers of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and have been included in the revised classification …

My long scientific journey studying as a disease model Sjogren's syndrome (SS) gave me
the opportunity to uncover the mysteries of systemic autoimmune diseases. After an …

Recently, a new syndrome, namely the “Autoimmune/inflammatory syndrome induced by
adjuvants”(ASIA) has been defined. In this syndrome different conditions characterized by …

Background The aim of this study was to evaluate the cumulative incidence and the
predictive factors for collagen vascular disease (CVD) in patients initially diagnosed with …