select ad.sno,ad.journal,ad.title,ad.author_names,ad.abstract,ad.abstractlink,j.j_name,vi.* from articles_data ad left join journals j on j.journal=ad.journal left join vol_issues vi on vi.issue_id_en=ad.issue_id where ad.sno_en='9672' and ad.lang_id='8' and j.lang_id='8' and vi.lang_id='8' Presence of Sjogren's Syndrome in Dry Eye Patients | 9672
रुमेटोलॉजी: वर्तमान शोध

रुमेटोलॉजी: वर्तमान शोध
खुला एक्सेस

आईएसएसएन: 2161-1149 (Printed)

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Presence of Sjogren's Syndrome in Dry Eye Patients

Emrah Kan, Mehmet Derya Demirağ and Emrullah Beyazyildiz

Background: To evaluate the prevalence of Sjögren’s syndrome (SS) in patients with dry eye syndrome.

Methods: In this prospective study, patients with dry eye syndrome were evaluated by a single rheumatologist and patients were considered for an underlying rheumatic condition.

Results: Fourty five patients with dry eye syndrome were evaluated. 37 patient was female (82.2%) and 8 was male (17.8%).The mean age was 45,5 ± 10.4. years (18-64). A total of 21 (46.7%) patients had an associated rheumatic disease; the most common being primary SS (14 patients, 66.6%). Other diseases that were associated included scleroderma (5 patients, 23.8%) and undifferentiated connective tissue disease (2 patients, 9.52%).

Conclusions: Our results demonstrate a high frequency of associated SS in a group of patients with dry eye syndrome. We suggest that laboratory evaluation with patient’s clinical presentation as well as a detailed review of systems should be performed in all dry eye patients. Primary SS should be considered as a systemic autoimmune disease underlying beyond sicca involvement.

अस्वीकरण: इस सार का अनुवाद कृत्रिम बुद्धिमत्ता उपकरणों का उपयोग करके किया गया था और अभी तक इसकी समीक्षा या सत्यापन नहीं किया गया है।
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