Abstracts tagged "biomarkers and salivary hypofunction"

Abstract Number: 1577 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Soluble Siglec-5 Is a Novel Salivary Biomarker for Primary Sjogren’s Syndrome
Jennifer Lee¹, Hong-Ki Min², Ji-Won Kim³, Seung-Ki Kwok⁴ and Sung-Hwan Park⁵, ¹Rheumatology, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South), ²Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South), ³Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South), ⁴Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul., Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South), ⁵Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South)
Background/Purpose: Despite advances in the understanding of the pathogenesis, disease-specific biomarkers have not been included in the classification criteria for Primary Sjogren's syndrome (pSS). Based…