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ReviewClinical reviews in allergy & immunology2017

Cutaneous and Mucosal Manifestations of Sjögren's Syndrome.

Elena Generali, Antonio Costanzo, Carlo Mainetti, Carlo Selmi

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Review in Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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36citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

36 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 73 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Elena GeneraliDivision of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Humanitas Research Hospital, Via A. Manzoni 56, 20089 Rozzano, Milan, Italy.
Antonio CostanzoDivision of Dermatology, Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Milan, Italy.
Carlo MainettiDermatologia Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, Ospedale Regionale Bellinzona, Bellinzona, Switzerland.
Carlo SelmiDivision of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Humanitas Research Hospital, Via A. Manzoni 56, 20089 Rozzano, Milan, Italy. carlo.selmi@unimi.it.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0323-0376
Humanitas University · ITEnte Ospedaliero Cantonale · CHIRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sjögren's syndrome is currently considered an "autoimmune epithelitis," as exocrine glands, especially salivary and lacrimal, are progressively destructed by an immune-mediated process associated with specific serum autoantibodies and local lymphocyte infiltrate. Xerostomia remains a key complain in patients with Sjögren's syndrome but should be evaluated also for other causes such as xerogenic medications, followed by radiation and chemotherapy for head and neck cancers, hormone disorders, infections, or other connective tissue diseases. Further, xerophtalmia (also known as dry eye) frequently associated with keratoconjunctivitis sicca cumulatively affects approximately 10-30% of the general population with increasing incidence with age and is more frequently secondary to non-autoimmune diseases. On the other hand, numerous patients with Sjögren's syndrome manifest signs of systemic dryness involving the nose, the trachea, the vagina, and the skin, suggesting that other glands are also affected beyond the exocrine epithelia. Skin involvement in Sjögren's syndrome is relatively common, and various manifestations may be present, in particular xeroderma, eyelid dermatitis, annular erythema, and cutaneous vasculitis. Additional skin non-vasculitic manifestations include livedo reticularis which may occur in the absence of vasculitis, and localized nodular cutaneous amyloidosis possibly representing lymphoproliferative diseases related to Sjögren's syndrome. The treatment of skin and mucosal manifestations in Sjögren's syndrome is similar regardless of the cause, starting from patient education to avoid alcohol and tobacco smoking and to pursue dental hygiene. In conclusion, a strict collaboration between the dermatologist and the rheumatologist is essential in the adequate management of Sjögren's syndrome skin and mucosal manifestations.

Indexed as

AutoimmunityEyeHumansLacrimal ApparatusMucous MembraneSalivary GlandsSjogren's SyndromeSkinXerophthalmiaXerostomiaAntinuclear antibodyAutoimmunityB cellConnective tissue diseaseSicca syndromeVasculitis

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PMID28871434
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