Abstracts tagged "Sjogren’s syndrome and Sjӧgrens"

Abstract Number: 673 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2016
Sjögren’s Syndrome (SS): The Role of Traditional (SS-A/SS-B) and Novel Antibodies in Diagnosis
Mohammed Bari¹, Anam Shaikh², Valerie Comissiong¹, Bivin Varghese² and Steven E. Carsons², ¹Department of Medicine, Winthrop-University Hospital, Stony Brook University School of Medicine, Mineola, NY, ²Division of Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology Winthrop-University Hospital, Stony Brook University School of Medicine, NY, USA, Mineola, NY
Background/Purpose: Diagnosing SS is often challenging, particularly distinguishing patients with primary SS from xerostomia and xerophthalmia (sicca). Recently, an IL-14 transgenic murine model led to…