title: Epidemiology and diagnostics of primary Sjögren's syndrome.
abstract: This review paper contains selected aspects of Sjögren's syndrome. It consists of epidemiology, ultrasound of salivary glands and antimuscarinic antibodies. The first part present studies aimed to determine the prevalence and the incidence of the disease with special emphasize on epidemiological studies performed in Slovenia. This is followed by the demonstration of the role of ultrasound of salivary glands in the diagnosis of Sjögren's syndrome and the value of antimuscarinic antibodies in global assesment of the secretory failure.
authors.affiliation: Klinicni center Ljubljana, Bolnica dr. Petra Driaja, KO za revmatologijo Vodnikova 62, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenija.
authors.forename: Blaz
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Rozman
authors.forename: Martina Plesivcnik
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Novljan
authors.forename: Alojzija
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hocevar
authors.forename: Ales
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ambrozic
authors.forename: Polona
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zigon
authors.forename: Tanja
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kveder
authors.forename: Matija
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tomsic
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D015995:Prevalence; D012859:Sjogren's Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D017524:Slovenia / Q000453:epidemiology