Overlap between Sjogren’s syndrome and anti-synthetase syndrome: association or coincidence?

Abstract

Sjogren’s syndrome is a chronic autoimmune disease characterized by lymphocytic infiltration of the exocrine glands and B-cell dysfunction In recent years, with the detection of myositis-specific antibodies, a small number of patients with Sjogren’s syndrome have been found to be positive for anti-synthetase syndrome (ASS). A and and be heard and erythrocyte sedimentation rate of mm/h;