Value of anti-Ro antibodies in 2 cases of Sjögren's disease with multisystem involvement

Jaccard, Y.; di Stefano, R.; Bréaud, P.; Delacrétaz, F.; Fontolliet, C.; Pécoud, A.

Schweizerische Medizinische Wochenschrift 119(3): 84-87

1989


ISSN/ISBN: 0036-7672
PMID: 2785287
Document Number: 337813
In 2 patients the finding of anti-Ro antibodies led to the diagnosis of Sjögren syndrome, which explained a succession of various autoimmune diseases, viz. glomerulonephritis, orbital lymphoma and hemolytic anemia in case 1; primary biliary cirrhosis, subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus and subclinical autoimmune thyroiditis in case 2.

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