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  • Title: The incidence of Sjögren's sicca complex in a population of patients with keratoconjunctivitis sicca.
    Author: Forstot JZ, Forstot SL, Greer RO, Tan EM.
    Journal: Arthritis Rheum; 1982 Feb; 25(2):156-60. PubMed ID: 7066046.
    Abstract:
    A prospective study was performed on patients who came to a university ophthalmology outpatient clinic with the complaint of dry eyes and who were documented to have keratoconjunctivitis sicca (KCS). Of 45 patients studied 1 had primary amyloidosis, and another 10 had KCS with a previously diagnosed connective tissue disease. Of the remaining 34 patients, 19 had KCS alone without xerostomia, and the remaining 15 had KCS in association with subjective or objective xerostomia. Eight of these 15 patients were subsequently shown to have clinical Sjögren's syndrome--sicca complex, and for the majority, serologic and biopsy findings supported this diagnosis.
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