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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-8-14
pubmed:abstractText
Quantitative and qualitative assessment of the clinical disease manifestations in 41 primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS) patients was performed according to a new classification model. Frequencies of subgrouped disease manifestations were as follows: 1) surface exocrine disease: 100%, 2) internal organ exocrine disease: 63%, 3) monoclonal B lymphocyte disease: 5%, 4) inflammatory vascular disease: 71%, 5) non-inflammatory vascular disease: 59%, 6) mediator induced disease: 98%. Summary scores for severity of surface exocrine disease correlated to the summary scores of all other disease manifestations (p = 0.02), to the summary scores of internal organ exocrine disease (p = 0.003), and to the summary scores of mediator induced disease (p = 0.03). Blood leucocyte counts showed significant negative correlations to levels of plasma IgG, serum IgA-RF, IgM-RF, anti-SSA/SSB antibodies, IL-6, and IL-1Ra. We conclude that the model made detailed analysis of the clinical presentation of pSS possible, and thus may assist in elucidating important pathobiological aspect of the disease.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0300-9742
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
26
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
197-205
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Quantitative assessment of clinical disease status in primary Sjögren's syndrome. A cross-sectional study using a new classification model.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine TA, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't