Claire, have you seen this article? SALIVARY GLANDS AND SALIVA
Number 6
Current issues in Sjögren's syndrome
http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi...5.2002.02846.x
I have not read the complete paper but it is available,
Here is an excerpt:
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Sjögren's syndrome patients with DQ1/DQ2 alleles have a much more severe autoimmune disease than patients with any other allelic combination at HLA-DQ (Harley et al, 1986). The DR3-DQ2 haplotype has been indicated as a possible marker for a more active immune response in Finnish Sjögren's patients (Kerttula et al, 1996).
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Anne