2005
DOI: 10.1590/s0034-72992005000300014
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Avaliação da sialometria e biópsia de glândula salivar menor na classificação de pacientes com Síndrome de Sjögren

Abstract: A Síndrome de Sjögren é afecção auto-imune das glândulas exócrinas, que envolve particularmente as glândulas salivares e lacrimais. Não existe exame de certeza para diagnóstico. OBJETIVO: Avaliação da importância do papel da biópsia de glândula salivar menor e da sialometria, isoladamente ou associadas, como métodos utilizados para a classificação da Síndrome de Sjögren. FORMA DE ESTUDO: Coorte transversal. CASUÍSTICA E MÉTODO: Todos os 72 pacientes com queixa de boca seca, de janeiro de 1997 a setembro de 200… Show more

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“…The rarity of SS in the world and the lack of official data both on disease prevalence as to its other particularities in Brazil make the recording of the reflux behavior in this subpopulation a topic very little explored before 9 , 10 . The results presented in this study represent part of an ongoing study about the organic and inorganic characteristics of patients with SS, and its influence in the genesis of LPR and GERD.…”
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confidence: 99%
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“…The rarity of SS in the world and the lack of official data both on disease prevalence as to its other particularities in Brazil make the recording of the reflux behavior in this subpopulation a topic very little explored before 9 , 10 . The results presented in this study represent part of an ongoing study about the organic and inorganic characteristics of patients with SS, and its influence in the genesis of LPR and GERD.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Xerostomia is defined as a subjective sensation of dry mouth (from the Greek xeros - dry stoma - mouth) 4 , 5 . It may be present in various diseases, among which we stress Sjögren's syndrome (SS) 1 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 . Of probable autoimmune origin, SS affects the exocrine glands, which undergo progressive lymphoplasmacytic infiltration and leads to functional failures 9 , 10 .…”
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“…As características desta população com SS também são equivalentes às apresentadas por outros estudos (Kassan;Moutsopoulos, 2004;Alamanos et al, 2006 (Vitali et al, 1994;Bussoloti Filho, 2005 (Solberg et al, 1998). Apesar da secura ocular não estar entre as principais, a irritação da conjuntiva decorrente desse hábito estaria associada às queixas de secura ou "areia nos olhos" tão frequentemente relatadas pelos tabagistas deste estudo.…”
Section: Exame Físicounclassified