fa Sarcoidosis and Sjögren's syndrome: clinical and salivary evaluation پریودنتولوژی Periodontology پژوهشي Research <p> <strong>Background</strong></p><p>  Sarcoidosis and Sjögren's syndrome are two different diseases however, when affecting the salivary glands, both diseases exhibit similar clinical signs and symptoms, which often complicates the diagnosis. The purpose of this study was to investigate the possibility of using salivary electrophoresis to differentiate between the two diseases. </p><p> <strong>Methods</strong></p><p>  Saliva was collected from patients with sarcoidosis and patients with Sjögren's syndrome. Salivary flow rate, total protein, and electrophoretic profiles were examined. </p><p> <strong>Results</strong> </p><p> Mean salivary flow rate was 0.41 ± 0.07 ml/min/gland vs. 0.43 ± 0.07 ml/min/gland total salivary protein was 130.0 ± 29.2 mg% vs. 104.0 ± 8.8 mg% for sarcoidosis vs. Sjögren's syndrome, respectively. No differences were observed in salivary flow rate, total salivary protein, or electrophoretic profile between patients with sarcoidosis and patients with Sjögren's syndrome (P = 0.768, 0.718, and 1.000, respectively). <strong></strong></p><p> <strong>Conclusions</strong></p><p>  Salivary protein electrophoresis does not appear to be useful to differentiate between sarcoidosis and Sjögren's syndrome. </p><hr><p></p><p> <strong>Source: </strong>Journal of Oral Pathology & Medicine</p><p><a href="http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jop.12057/abstract" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff"> Full Text</font></a></p> diagnosis;gel electrophoresis;salivary flow rate;salivary protein;sarcoidosis;Sjögren\'s syndrome;xerostomia 0 0 http://idai.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-32-2293&slc_lang=fa&sid=1 Mohammed J. Mansour 100319475328460010907 100319475328460010907 No Private Practice, Dallas, TX, USA Cixin He 100319475328460010908 100319475328460010908 No Abbott Laboratories, Dallas, TX, USA Sharif T. Al-Farra 100319475328460010909 100319475328460010909 No University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX, USA Sadik A. Khuder 100319475328460010910 100319475328460010910 No The University of Toledo Medical Center, Toledo, OH, USA John M. Wright 100319475328460010911 100319475328460010911 No Department of Diagnostic Sciences, Baylor College of Dentistry, Dallas, TX, USA Harvey P. Kessler 100319475328460010912 100319475328460010912 No Department of Diagnostic Sciences, Baylor College of Dentistry, Dallas, TX, USA Robert J. Hinton 100319475328460010913 100319475328460010913 No Department of Biomedical Sciences, Baylor College of Dentistry, Dallas, TX, USA Ibtisam Al-Hashimi IAl-Hashimi@bcd.tamhsc.edu 100319475328460010914 100319475328460010914 Yes Department of Periodontics, Baylor College of Dentistry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA/Department of Surgery, Division of Oral Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA