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Rheumatology 2003; 42: 1113-1114
© 2003 British Society for Rheumatology

Letters to the Editor

Sialorrhoea as early oral clinical manifestation of primary Sjögren's syndrome?

M. D. Mignogna1,, S. Fedele1, L. Lo Russo1 and L. Lo Muzio2

1 Division of Oral Medicine, Dept. of Odontostomatological and Maxillofacial Sciences, University "Federico II", Naples and
2 Institute of Odontostomatology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ancona, Italy

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SIR, Sjögren's syndrome (SS) is a systemic autoimmune exocrinopathy that affects the salivary and lacrimal glands, typically presenting as the ‘sicca complex’ of dry eyes (xerophthalmia) and dry mouth (xerostomia). It is generally accepted that SS diagnosis should be based on several clinical and laboratory findings. At present, even though the high validity and reliability of the classification criteria proposed and recently revised [1] by the European Community Study Group has been reported, there is still a lack of international consensus [2. . . [Full Text of this Article]


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