Sjögren's Syndrome

Sjögren’s Syndrome Presenting as Recalcitrant Generalized Pruritus

“…Some au thors also described (as a m inor feature of th e syndrom e) some dryness of th e skin ( Behrman and Lee [4], Ritzenfeld [23]), and Bloch, Buchanan, Wohl and B unim [6], in their extensive review of 62 cases of Sjogren's syndrom e, found dry skin in 33 cases. T ogether with the classical features of keratoconjunctivitis sicca and xerostom ia, all these sym ptom s m ay be grouped under th e common denom inator of " dryness of th e skin and mucous m em branes" .…”

Selecting highly sensitive non-obese diabetic mice for improving the study of Sjögren’s syndrome

“…Sjögren's syndrome was first introduced by Danish ophthalmologist Henrik Sjögren in 1933, who used the term keratoconjunctivitis sicca for the eye symptoms [1]. Keratoconjunctivitis sicca is an autoimmune disease, and shares severely clinical manifestations with other dry eye diseases.…”