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Presents the Sjogren's Syndrome Foundation Inc., an organization headquartered in Jericho, New York. The Foundation provides patients with practical information and coping strategies to minimize the effects of Sjogren's syndrome. Explains that Sjogren's syndrome is an autoimmune disorder that destroys moisture glands in the body. Includes information about the diagnosis and the relief of symptoms. Posts contact information via mailing address, toll-free telephone number, and fax number.
Presents Sjogren's Syndrome, an incurable, auto immune disorder which often goes undiagnosed. Features the Sjogren's Syndrome Foundation, based in Jericho, New York, which has as its mission to educate patients and their families about Sjogren's syndrome, to increase public and professional awareness of Sjogren's syndrome and to encourage research in new treatments and a cure. Links to related sites. Posts contact information via maling address and telephone number.
This book provides the most comprehensive information about this little-known but potentially debilitating disorder--which affects mostly women--describing its symptoms and offering an extensive discussion of how its affects the various systems of the body. Illustrations.
This book has been created for patients who have decided to make education and research an integral part of the treatment process. Although it also gives information useful to doctors, caregivers and other health professionals, it tells patients where and how to look for information covering virtually all topics related to sjAgren's syndrome (also Dacryosialoadenopathia atrophicans; Gougerot-Houwer-Sjogren; Gougerot-Sjogren; Keratoconjunctivitis Sicca; Keratoconjunctivitis sicca-xerostomia; Secreto-inhibitor-xerodermostenosis), from the essentials to the most advanced areas of research. The title of this book includes the word official. This reflects the fact that the sourcebook draws from p...
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I have been a student of Sjogren's syndrome for virtually all of my professional life. My education in this disease began in 1962 when I arrived at the National Institutes of Health to begin a Clinical Asso ciateship with Dr. Joseph J. Bunim. Bunim introduced me to a pat ient with Sjogren's syndrome of 8 years duration who had devel oped malignant lymphoma 6 months previously. He told me that there were other such patients. I obtained serum samples from these patients and studied them by the then new technique of immuno electrophoresis. We observed that an initial hypergammaglobulin emia could progressively decline to hypogammaglobulinemia with loss of autoantibodies. One patient in this ini...
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