Acquired Brown's syndrome and primary Sjogren's syndrome.

نویسندگان

  • A K Brahma
  • E Hay
  • D A Sturgess
  • L H Morgan
چکیده

Brown's syndrome is characterised by limitation of elevation of the adducted eye. This disorder has been described in association with a number of connective tissue disorders including rheumatoid arthritis,' juvenile chronic arthritis,2 and systemic lupus erythematosus.3 We report here the case of a patient with primary Sjogren's syndrome who developed unilateral Brown's syndrome. To our knowledge this association has not been described previously.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • The British journal of ophthalmology

دوره 79 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1995