Serum Beta-2-Microglobulin In Sjogren's Syndrome
- 1 January 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology
- Vol. 7 (2) , 97-100
- https://doi.org/10.3109/03009747809098844
Abstract
The serum concentration of beta-2-micro-globulin was determined with a radioimmunoassay in 52 patients with keratoconjunctivitis sicca, 29 of whom had Sjogren's syndrome. Eleven (38%) of the patients with Sjogren's syndrome had high serum values. These cases had a higher mean age and a higher frequency of the complete triad of Sjogren's and of antinuclear antibodies than had the lower value cases. The sicca components per se did not seem to influence the serum concentration of beta-2-microglobulin. Most of the few complications occurred in patients with high values.This publication has 13 references indexed in Scilit:
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