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ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA
卷 26, 期 1, 页码 1-+出版社
W B SAUNDERS CO-ELSEVIER INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.coms.2013.09.002
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Primary Sjogren's syndrome; pSS; Autoimmune diseases; Inflammatory disorder; Epidemiology; Salivary glands; Pathogenesis
Primary Sjogren's syndrome (pSS) is an autoimmune chronic inflammatory disorder affecting 0.2% to 3.0% of the population, with a 9:1 female to male ratio. Features are oral and ocular dryness, local and systemic autoantibody production, and progressive focal mononuclear cell infiltration in the affected salivary and lacrimal glands. Lymphoma is the most severe complication of pSS, occurring in 4% to 5% of patients. Genetic studies identified an association with HLA and susceptibility genes in cytokine genes and genes involved in B-cell differentiation. Genetic variations may help explain why disease manifestations differ among patients and supports the hypothesis of certain distinct disease phenotypes.
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