Features of Sjögren's syndrome in patients with primary biliary cirrhosis
Abstract. Twenty‐six consecutive patients with primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) from northern Sweden were studied regarding the occurrence and features of Sjögren's syndrome (SS). In more than 50% of the patients the rose bengal dye test showed conjunctival and/or corneal staining. In six patien...
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crwiley:10.1111/j.1365-2796.1991.tb00470.x 2024-06-02T08:12:10+00:00 Features of Sjögren's syndrome in patients with primary biliary cirrhosis UDDENFELDT, P. DANIELSSON, Å. FORSSELL, Å. HOLM, M. ÖSTBERG, Y. 1991 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2796.1991.tb00470.x https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1365-2796.1991.tb00470.x https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1365-2796.1991.tb00470.x en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Journal of Internal Medicine volume 230, issue 5, page 443-448 ISSN 0954-6820 1365-2796 journal-article 1991 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2796.1991.tb00470.x 2024-05-03T11:03:38Z Abstract. Twenty‐six consecutive patients with primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) from northern Sweden were studied regarding the occurrence and features of Sjögren's syndrome (SS). In more than 50% of the patients the rose bengal dye test showed conjunctival and/or corneal staining. In six patients keratoconjunctivitis sicca (KCS) was present with positive rose bengal and Schirmer tests. In a further three patients only the results of the Schirmer tests were abnormal. Radiological findings of sialectasia were demonstrated in six patients, five of whom had KCS. Two of the seven patients who fulfilled our criteria for Sjögren's syndrome were HLA‐B8 positive. A high prevalence of increased immune globulins and rheumatic factor was found, but this did not correlate with the presence of Sjögren's syndrome. Some features of Sjögren's syndrome were found in 73% of PBC patients, and keratoconjunctivitis sicca and/or sialectasia were found in 27% of PBC patients. This constitutes a high frequency of secondary manifestations of the liver disease. Article in Journal/Newspaper Northern Sweden Wiley Online Library Journal of Internal Medicine 230 5 443 448 |
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Abstract. Twenty‐six consecutive patients with primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC) from northern Sweden were studied regarding the occurrence and features of Sjögren's syndrome (SS). In more than 50% of the patients the rose bengal dye test showed conjunctival and/or corneal staining. In six patients keratoconjunctivitis sicca (KCS) was present with positive rose bengal and Schirmer tests. In a further three patients only the results of the Schirmer tests were abnormal. Radiological findings of sialectasia were demonstrated in six patients, five of whom had KCS. Two of the seven patients who fulfilled our criteria for Sjögren's syndrome were HLA‐B8 positive. A high prevalence of increased immune globulins and rheumatic factor was found, but this did not correlate with the presence of Sjögren's syndrome. Some features of Sjögren's syndrome were found in 73% of PBC patients, and keratoconjunctivitis sicca and/or sialectasia were found in 27% of PBC patients. This constitutes a high frequency of secondary manifestations of the liver disease. |
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UDDENFELDT, P. DANIELSSON, Å. FORSSELL, Å. HOLM, M. ÖSTBERG, Y. Features of Sjögren's syndrome in patients with primary biliary cirrhosis |
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UDDENFELDT, P. DANIELSSON, Å. FORSSELL, Å. HOLM, M. ÖSTBERG, Y. |
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Features of Sjögren's syndrome in patients with primary biliary cirrhosis |
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Features of Sjögren's syndrome in patients with primary biliary cirrhosis |
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Features of Sjögren's syndrome in patients with primary biliary cirrhosis |
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Features of Sjögren's syndrome in patients with primary biliary cirrhosis |
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Features of Sjögren's syndrome in patients with primary biliary cirrhosis |
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features of sjögren's syndrome in patients with primary biliary cirrhosis |
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