Abstract | PURPOSE: METHODS: RESULTS: Our study included 72 patients (144 eyes) whose 62 women (86.1%). Mean age was 74.3 years±10.73. Average Schirmer I test was 3.14mm±4.00mm. Five women (8% of this female population) had positive anti-SSA and SSB antibodies. Their mean age was 65.66 years±13.24 whereas the negative antibody patients had an average age of 75.42±9.27. There was no significant difference between their Schimer I test and the Schirmer I of negative antibody population. CONCLUSION: This study illustrates the possible association between the presence of Sjögren's syndrome and the occurrence of a BEB justifying the search for anti-SSA and anti SSB in blepharospasm patients.
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Authors | B C Girard, M Abdellaoui, G de Saint Sauveur, A Huang, P Lévy |
Journal | Journal francais d'ophtalmologie
(J Fr Ophtalmol)
Vol. 43
Issue 8
Pg. 691-696
(Oct 2020)
ISSN: 1773-0597 [Electronic] France |
Vernacular Title | Blépharospasme, sécheresse oculaire et anticorps anti-nucléaires solubles. |
PMID | 32896450
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Copyright | Copyright © 2020. Published by Elsevier Masson SAS. |
Chemical References |
- Antibodies, Antinuclear
- Antigens, Nuclear
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Topics |
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Antibodies, Antinuclear
(blood)
- Antigens, Nuclear
(immunology)
- Blepharospasm
(blood, complications, epidemiology)
- Dry Eye Syndromes
(blood, complications, epidemiology)
- Female
- France
(epidemiology)
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Prospective Studies
- Sjogren's Syndrome
(blood, complications, epidemiology)
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