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The Treatable Dementia of Sjogren's Syndrome Ann Neurol 30:98-101, Caselli,R.J.,et al, 1991 See this aricle in Pubmed Article Abstract Progressive dementia developed during a 15-month period in a 56-year-old woman with serologically and clinically documented primary Sjogren's syndrome.Findings from magnetic resonance imaging and angiography were normal,but a brain biopsy disclosed perivascular lymphocytic inflammation in leptomeningeal and parenchymal vessels.Treatment with high-dose corticosteroids produced rapid and nearly complete resolution of the dementia.

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