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Br J Ophthalmol 88:384-387 doi:10.1136/bjo.2003.028340
  • Clinical science
    • Extended reports

Anti-Ro/SSA and anti-La/SSB autoantibodies in the tear fluid of patients with Sjögren’s syndrome

Table 3

Correlations between objective and subjective clinical dry eye scores and levels of autoantibodies in serum and tear fluid of SS patients

Anti-Ro/SSA Anti-La/SSB
Serum Tear Serum Tear
r, Spearman correlation coefficient; ns, not significant.
Schirmer I test r −0.39 −0.05 −0.40 −0.34
p 0.04 ns 0.03 ns
Tear break up time r 0.28 0.19 0.19 −0.15
p ns ns ns ns
Rose bengal staining r 0.31 0.34 0.07 0.44
p ns ns ns 0.02
Dry eye symptom score r 0.42 0.31 0.48 0.56
p 0.02 ns 0.01 0.002

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