Etymology

Sjögren's syndrome

Today it means: An autoimmune disorder in which immune cells attack and destroy the exocrine glands that produce tears and saliva. Full definition →

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The story

After the Swedish ophthalmologist Henrik Sjögren (1899-1986), who first described it.

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