Allergic Disorders in Primary Sjögren's Syndrome

Allergic disorders have been described in a variety of connective tissue disorders. Although an association between allergy and primary Sjögren's syndrome has been suggested, it has not been well documented. The purpose of this study was to analyze the prevalence of several types of allergic di...

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Published in:Scandinavian journal of rheumatology 1998, Vol.27 (3), p.166-169
Main Author: Moshe Tishler, Dafna Paran, Michael Yaron
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
Arthritis, Rheumatoid - complications
Biological and medical sciences
Cohort Studies
Dermatitis, Allergic Contact - complications
Drug Hypersensitivity - complications
Female
Food Hypersensitivity - complications
Humans
Hypersensitivity - complications
Hypersensitivity - pathology
Israel
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Osteoarthritis - complications
Prevalence
Respiratory Hypersensitivity - complications
Sarcoidosis. Granulomatous diseases of unproved etiology. Connective tissue diseases. Elastic tissue diseases. Vasculitis
Sjogren's Syndrome - complications
Sjogren's Syndrome - pathology
Surveys and Questionnaires
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Summary:Allergic disorders have been described in a variety of connective tissue disorders. Although an association between allergy and primary Sjögren's syndrome has been suggested, it has not been well documented. The purpose of this study was to analyze the prevalence of several types of allergic disorders in a cohort of primary Sjögren's syndrome patients.The presence of an allergic disorder was evaluated by a specific questionnaire in 65 randomly selected primary Sjögren's syndrome patients and was compared to control groups of 67 rheumatoid arthritis patients, 53 patients with rheumatoid arthritis and sicca symptoms, and 31 patients with osteoarthritis. At least one type of allergic manifestation was reported by 42 of the 65 Sjögren's syndrome patients (65%). This rate was significantly higher than each of the three control groups (p
ISSN:0300-9742
1502-7732
DOI:10.1080/030097498440769