Isenberg D A
Department of Medicine, University College, London, U.K.
Clin Exp Rheumatol. 1994 Nov-Dec;12 Suppl 11:S19-21.
Many different factors combined cause an autoimmune disease like Sjögren's syndrome. In this review a new analogy is described to represent the relationship between Sjögren's when it occurs on its own, compared to its existence against the background of another autoimmune condition. The issue of whether Sjögren's should really be thought of as a syndrome or a disease is also highlighted.
多种不同因素共同作用导致像干燥综合征这样的自身免疫性疾病。在这篇综述中,描述了一种新的类比,以呈现原发性干燥综合征与在另一种自身免疫性疾病背景下出现的干燥综合征之间的关系。文中还强调了干燥综合征究竟应被视为一种综合征还是一种疾病的问题。