the proposed role of epstein-barr virus ( ebv ) in salivary gland destruction in sjogren 's syndrome ( ss ) prompted the authors to study the presence of ebv-dna ( hybridohistochemistry ) and ebv-encoded proteins ( immunohistochemistry ) in sublabial salivary glands taken from eight patients with primary and five with secondary ss and from 16 controls .
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sjogren 's syndrome
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secondary ss