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2012•Revista Brasileira de OftalmologiaOpen access

Olho seco e Sjögren secundário na artrite reumatóide

Marcelo Luiz Gehlen, Thelma Larocca Skare, Marília Barreto Silva, Daniel Casagrande Antero, Fernando H. Miyazaki, Andreo Garcia Morante Parra

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OBJECTIVE: To examine the prevalence of keratoconjuntivitis sicca and secondary Sjögren syndrome (SS) in patients with RA from Southern Brazil and to analyze their relationship with RA duration, activity and patient’s functional class. Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) may have keratoconjuntivitis sicca that can be considered an extra articular manifestation of this disease. METHODS: We studied 82 RA patients for sicca symptoms, Schirmer test, DAS-28 (RA activity index) and functional class. RESULTS: There were eye sicca symptoms in 57.3%, positive [...]

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OBJECTIVE: To examine the prevalence of keratoconjuntivitis sicca and secondary Sjögren syndrome (SS) in patients with RA from Southern Brazil and to analyze their relationship with RA duration, activity and patient’s functional class. Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) may have keratoconjuntivitis sicca that can be considered an extra articular manifestation of this disease. METHODS: We studied 82 RA patients for sicca symptoms, Schirmer test, DAS-28 (RA activity index) and functional class. RESULTS: There were eye sicca symptoms in 57.3%, positive [...]

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OBJECTIVE: To examine the prevalence of keratoconjuntivitis sicca and secondary Sjögren syndrome (SS) in patients with RA from Southern Brazil and to analyze their relationship with RA duration, activity and patient’s functional class. Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) may have keratoconjuntivitis sicca that can be considered an extra articular manifestation of this disease. METHODS: We studied 82 RA patients for sicca symptoms, Schirmer test, DAS-28 (RA activity index) and functional class. RESULTS: There were eye sicca symptoms in 57.3%, positive [...]

Key concepts: Sicca syndrome, Medicine, Rheumatoid arthritis, KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS SICCA, Dermatology, Sjögren syndrome, Schirmer test, Internal medicine

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