Description of Sjögren's syndrome
Descripción del síndrome de Sjögren
- Date
- 1930-1933 · confidence high
- Place
- Jönköping, Sweden
- Credited to
- Henrik Sjögren
- Field
- Life & health
What was discovered
Swedish ophthalmologist Henrik Sjögren describes in his doctoral thesis an autoimmune disease that dries the eyes and mouth by attacking the lacrimal and salivary glands.
Sjögren observed the first case in 1930 and published his thesis with 19 patients in 1933; a later 1951 study of 80 patients brought international recognition.
What it led to
- Clinical recognition of systemic autoimmune diseases
- Diagnosis of keratoconjunctivitis sicca
- Rheumatology research into dry syndromes