Serum C-reactive protein in primary Sjögren's syndrome

Moutsopoulos, H.M.; Elkon, K.B.; Mavridis, A.K.; Acritidis, N.C.; Hughes, G.R.; Pepys, M.B.

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology 1(1): 57-58

1983


ISSN/ISBN: 0392-856X
PMID: 6681127
Document Number: 219143
Only 11 out of 50 patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome were found to have minimal or moderate increases of C-reactive protein (CRP) levels. Patients with elevated CRP levels did not differ clinically from those with normal CRP levels. Thus, primary Sjögren's syndrome is one of the inflammatory disorders characterized by a relatively low CRP response.

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