The PANLAR Sjögren’s Disease Study Group is composed of specialists from different Latin American countries, committed to research, education, and the dissemination of knowledge about this autoimmune disease. Our purpose is to promote collaborative projects that expand the clinical, epidemiological, and serological understanding of Sjögren’s, as well as to encourage academic and educational activities for healthcare professionals and patients.

With an inclusive and multidisciplinary approach, the group seeks to generate high-quality scientific evidence and strengthen continuous medical education, thereby contributing to improving the quality of life of patients with Sjögren’s in Latin America.
 

Projects
 

• Patient course “Living with Sjögren’s” (March 2025).
• Sessions at PANLAR Congress 2025:
  The present and future of Sjögren’s Disease.
  What you should know about Sjögren’s Disease.
   

Publications

• Parotid gland swelling in primary Sjögren's syndrome: activity and other sialadenosis causes.
  -Valim V, Secco A, Reis de Oliveira F, Vázquez M, Barbosa Rosa B, Lourenço Macagnani F, Vargas-Bueno KD, Rojas E, Hernández-Delgado A, Catalan-Pellet A, Hernández-Molina G.
  Rheumatology (Oxford). 2022 Jul 6;61(7):2987-2992.
• Do antimalarials protect against damage accrual in primary Sjögren's syndrome? Results from a Latin-American retrospective cohort.

Congress presentations 
 

EULAR 2019 AB1297. Cardiovascular Event and Risk Factors in Primary Sjögren’s Syndrome from Latin-American Cohort. Valeria Valim, Gabriela Hernandez-Molina, Virginia Fernandes Moça Trevisani, Maria Lúcia Lemos Lopes, Aysa Cesar Pinheiro, Anastasia Secco, Sabrina Zanardi Machado, Samira Tatiyama Miyamoto, Patricia Sasaki, Antonio Catalán-Pellet. Study Group on Sjögren’s Syndrome of PANLAR.