Autoantibodies Present in Blood Years Before Symptom Onset of Primary Sjogren Syndrome

A Research Letter published in the November 6 issue of iJAMA/i suggests that Autoantibodies are present many years before symptom onset in patients with primary Sjogren syndrome, an autoimmune disease. Primary Sjogren syndrome is a disease in which immune cells attack and destroy glands that produce tears and saliva. Autoantibodies are characteristic of this syndrome and may be involved in its development. Roland Jonsson, D.M.D., Ph.D., of the University of ...

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