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In Mikulicz disease there is less apoptosis and glandulae are not destroyed. Therefore unlike in sjogren syndrome patients respond well to treatment with glucocorticoids
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Autoimmune disease in which antibodies attack exocrine glands?
sjogrens syndrome
What is the difference between plague and disease?
Plague is one form of infectious disease.
What is the difference between functional health and the absence of disease?
Disease is any change from a state of health; impaired body function.
What is the difference between disease disease?
Every disease is an illness but not every illness is a disease (A disease is not a virus, parasite, etc but an illness could be)
Is sjogrens a form of lupus?
Sjogren's Syndrome is an autoimmune disease unto itself. It is not a form of lupus. Sjogren's often goes along with lupus. People who have one autoimmune disease frequently have more than one.
What is the difference between AIDS and HIV?
The difference between HIV and AIDS is that HIV is the virus that causes the disease AIDS. You can be a carrier of the HIV virus and not contract the disease but you can infect others.
Is there any difference between coronary heart disease and coronary artery disease?
No. They are synonymous terms.
What is the Difference between cytopathology and histopathology?
Cytopathology is the study of cell disease, and hiostopathology the study of tissue disease.
Is there any difference between kidney disease and kidney failure?
Kidney disease can lead to kidney failure.
What is the difference between disease incidence and disease severity?
The incidence of disease is how frequent or widespread a disease is in the population. Severity is how bad and serious any particular disease is in a person.
What is the difference between vaccination and medication?
Vaccination is used to prevent a disease and medication is used to treat a disease that someone has.
What is the difference between illness and disease?
The difference between disease and illness is that a disease is something that can consume your whole body and it is often things like cancer, ALS and many other things. An illness is short lived, often like a cold.
