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- Title
Clinical practice guidance for Sjögren's syndrome in pediatric patients (2018) -summarized and updated.
- Authors
Minako Tomiita; Ichiro Kobayashi; Yasuhiko Itoh; Yuzaburo Inoue; Naomi Iwata; Hiroaki Umebayashi; Nami Okamoto; Yukiko Nonaka; Ryoki Hara; Masaaki Mori
- Abstract
There are a considerable number of pediatric patients with Sjögren's syndrome (SS); however, SS is generally considered rare among children. Pediatric patients with SS report fewer sicca symptoms; therefore, many are under-diagnosed and cannot access appropriate medical management. Therefore, we propose a newly developed guidance for the diagnosis, treatment, and management of pediatric SS, including epidemiology, clinical features, and diagnostic examination methodology. The aim of this guidance was to standardize the medical care of pediatric SS in Japan, and we published the Japanese version by YODOSHA in 2018. This article is the English version, which is summarized and updated. This guidance will need to be revised in the near future as additional clinical data become available.
- Subjects
SJOGREN'S syndrome diagnosis; AUTOIMMUNE diseases; IMMUNOLOGIC diseases in children; DISEASE management; AUTOANTIBODIES; HYPERGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA
- Publication
Modern Rheumatology, 2021, Vol 31, Issue 2, p283
- ISSN
1439-7595
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1080/14397595.2020.1816319