Prevalence of sicca symptoms in a South Australian cohort with systemic sclerosis

• Published in: Internal medicine journal Vol. 38; no. 12; pp. 897 - 903
• Main Authors: Swaminathan, S., Goldblatt, F., Dugar, M., Gordon, T. P., Roberts-Thomson, P. J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Melbourne, Australia Blackwell Publishing Asia 01.12.2008
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; cholinergic antagonist; Cohort Studies; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; muscarinic M3; Prevalence; receptor; Registries; Scleroderma, Systemic - complications; Scleroderma, Systemic - diagnosis; Scleroderma, Systemic - epidemiology; Sjogren's Syndrome - complications; Sjogren's Syndrome - diagnosis; Sjogren's Syndrome - epidemiology; South Australia - epidemiology; Surveys and Questionnaires; systemic sclerosis; thyroid disease; South Australia

Background:  The presence of sicca symptoms is a frequent finding in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc). The aim of this study was to examine the prevalence of sicca symptoms in a South Australian cohort of SSc patients and correlate this to a number of parameters, including autoantibody status,...