title: Parasympathetic nervous system dysfunction in primary Sjögren's syndrome.
abstract: In the past sicca syndromes were attributed to destruction of glandular tissue. It is now thought that cytokines, autoantibodies, and parasympathetic nervous system dysfunction all have an important role in the xerostomia and xerophthalmia in Sjögren's syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Rheumatology, Medical Centre Ljubljana, SI 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hocevar
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tomsic
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Praprotnik
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hojnik
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kveder
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Rozman
mesh_terms: D001342:Autonomic Nervous System Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D010275:Parasympathetic Nervous System / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012859:Sjogren's Syndrome / Q000503:physiopathology*; D009435:Synaptic Transmission; D014985:Xerophthalmia / Q000503:physiopathology; D014987:Xerostomia / Q000503:physiopathology