[Diagnosis of the Mikulicz-Sjogren syndrome using biopsy of the minor salivary glands].

Background: Sjögren's syndrome (SS) represents autoimmune disease characterized by chronic inflammation, destruction and insufficiency of exocrine glands, particularly salivary and lacrimal glands, accompanied by dryness of mouths and eyes. Diagnostic work-up involves clinical laboratory tests, radiography, scintigraphy and bioptic histopathological examination. Examination of small salivary glands in the biopsy of the lower lip represents a "golden standard" of diagnosis of SS, concerning the fact that the growth and the disfunction of salivary and lacrimal glands occurs in different pathologic states.

The features of rheumatoid arthritis in the patients above the age of 60.

Fifty-seven patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), who were divided into 2 groups: below 50 and above the age of 60 with the disease onset at the age of 24 to 81 were analyzed. They were treated in the Clinic for Rheumatology between 1985 and 1995. All the patients fulfilled the American Rheumatism Association (ARA) criteria for RA from 1988.

[Treatment of duodenal ulcer with famotidine and proglumide].

In an open study the clinical efficacy of famotidine 40 mg on a duodenal ulcer was compared to that of proglumide 1600 mg. The study included 106 patients with acute duodenal ulcer, divided into two groups: A-famotidine and B-proglumide. There were no significant differences between the groups in baseline characteristics.