Maureen Rischmueller

May 16, 2024 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Maureen Rischmueller

Sjögren disease (SjD, also known as Sjögren syndrome) is one of the most common systemic autoimmune diseases, typified by sicca syndrome (classically, oral and ocular dryness and often dryness of other mucosal surfaces), arthralgias, fatigue and various extra-glandular manifestations.

Jan 1, 2024 | jrheum.org | Adrian Lee |Maureen Rischmueller |Joanne H. Reed |A.Y.S. Lee

As a highly varied disease, Sjögren syndrome (SS; also termed Sjögren disease) is estimated to affect 0.01% to 0.72% of the population, with an overwhelming bias toward the female gender.1 SS causes a significant burden to the quality of life of patients and inhibits their function.