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  • Title: Recurrent parotid swelling in children: clinical features useful for differential diagnosis of Sjögren's syndrome.
    Author: Hara T, Nagata M, Mizuno Y, Ura Y, Matsuo M, Ueda K.
    Journal: Acta Paediatr; 1992; 81(6-7):547-9. PubMed ID: 1392371.
    Abstract:
    Immunological evaluations were performed in 59 children with at least five episodes of parotid swelling. Autoantibody(ies) was transiently or persistently detected in 12 (20%) of 59 patients with recurrent parotitis. Three of the 12 children with autoantibodies were diagnosed as having Sjögren's syndrome. The mean age at onset of parotid swelling in Sjögren's syndrome was significantly higher than that of recurrent parotitis of unknown etiology. The present study and the review of the literature suggest that patients with the onset of parotid swelling at age five years or over deserve screening for underlying systemic immune disorders.
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