Indexes used to evaluate the disease activity of Sjögren's syndrome.
- Author:
Zhijun WANG
1
,
2
;
Chuangqi YU
;
Lingyan ZHENG@
Author Information
1. Dept of Oral Surgery, The Ninth People's Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University
2. Shanghai Research Institute of Stomatology, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Stomatology, Shanghai 200011, China.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Humans;
Quality of Life;
Sjogren's Syndrome
- From:
West China Journal of Stomatology
2013;31(5):541-544
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Sjögren's syndrome (SS) is a systemic autoimmune disease that mainly affects the exocrine glands. A set of indexes have been established to evaluate the disease activity in SS, including symptoms, systemic characteristics, and long-term disease damage as well as the patients' quality of life. This article briefly introduced the background, content, and scoring rules of SS indexes. Current clinical applications and prospects were also reviewed.
