Monday, September 27, 2010

sjogren syndrom is also call what ?

sjorgen is also called the sicca syndrome.
Dry eye?
About 50% of the time Sj"ogren's syndrome occur alone, and 50% of the time it occurs contained by the presence of another connective tissue disease. The four most common diagnoses that co-exsist near Sj"ogren's syndrome are Rheumatoid Arthritis, Systemic Lupus, Systemic Sclerosis (scleroderma) and Polymyositis/Dermatomyositis. Sometimes researchers refer to the first type as "Primary Sj"ogren's" and the second as "Secondary Sj"ogren's." All instances of Sj"ogren's syndrome are systemic, affecting the entire body.

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