Questions From Patients and Doctors on Negative Minor Salivary Gland Biopsy in Sj ögren Syndrome.

Questions From Patients and Doctors on Negative Minor Salivary Gland Biopsy in Sjögren Syndrome. J Rheumatol. 2020 Sep 15;: Authors: Panchovska M Abstract I read with interest the editorial in The Journal of Rheumatology entitled, "With Minor Salivary Gland Biopsy in Sjögren Syndrome, Is a Negative Result Possible?" by Drs. Monsalve and Anaya1 It is a comment on the article by Sharma, et al 2, arguing that in the case of a negative biopsy of minor salivary glands (MSG), the presence of positive anti-Ro autoantibodies is sufficient for the diagnosis of Sjögren syndrome (SS). PMID: 32934133 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Journal of Rheumatology - September 17, 2020 Category: Rheumatology Tags: J Rheumatol Source Type: research

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