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Sjögren's syndrome
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Sjögren's syndrome [′shō·grənz ‚sin‚drōm]
(immunology)
An autoimmune disease characterized by the destruction of salivary and lacrimal glands, damage by T lymphocytes within the glands may be accompanied by damage by immune complexes throughout the body.


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They can also arise in HIV-negative patients who have Sjogren's syndrome, Mikulicz's disease, and myoepithelial sialadenitis.
Autoimmune hepatitis in primary Sjogren's syndrome: pathological study of the livers and labial salivary glands in 17 patients with primary Sjogren's syndrome.
Plus, nine out of 10 people with Sjogren's syndrome are women.
 
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