Secondary Sjögren's syndrome and disease activity of rheumatoid arthritis
OBJECTIVE: To study the relationship of the presence of secondary SS with disease activity, duration in RA. METHODS: Eighty two patients with RA were submitted to Schirmer test, minor salivary gland biopsy, questionnaire on sicca symptoms, DAS-28 4v determination. RESULTS: In this population, 20 (24.3%) patients fulfilled the American-European classification criteria for secondary SS. No relation could be found between the presence of secondary SS and disease activity (p = 0.31) and RA duration (p = 0.95). CONCLUSION: Appearance of Secondary SS in RA patients is independent of RA duration or activity.
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| Format: | Digital revista |
| Language: | English |
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Associação Médica Brasileira
2011
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| Online Access: | http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-42302011000300015 |
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