Subjective and Objective Measures of Dryness Symptoms in Primary Sj ögren's Syndrome: Capturing the Discrepancy

ConclusionOcular and oral dryness sensitivity can be classified on a continuous scale. The 2 symptom types are predicted by different variables. A large number of factors remain to be explored that may impact symptom sensitivity in primary Sjögrenʼs syndrome, and the proposed method could be used to identify relatively sensitive and stoical patients for future studies.

Source: Arthritis Care and Research - October 9, 2017 Category: Rheumatology Authors: Oriana M. Bezzina, Peter Gallagher, Sheryl Mitchell, Simon J. Bowman, Bridget Griffiths, Victoria Hindmarsh, Ben Hargreaves, Elizabeth J. Price, Colin T. Pease, Paul Emery, Peter Lanyon, Michele Bombardieri, Nurhan Sutcliffe, Costantino Pitzalis, John Hun Tags: Original Article Source Type: research