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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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Wallace (Oxford University Press, 2005) A very basic, and very inaccurate, definition of Sjorgren's syndrome is that of a disorder that causes dry eyes and a dry mouth.
2,3) Sjorgren's syndrome is also a consideration when there is enlargement of the parotid glands, with or without HIV infection.
Forty-thousand new patients are diagnosed with head and neck cancer in the US each year, and another 1 million have Sjorgren's syndrome.
 
 
 
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