Is it possible to not perform salivary gland biopsy in targeted patients according to unstimulated salivary flow results in patients with suspected Sj ögren's syndrome?

ConclusionLSGB should be performed in all suspected pSS cases regardless of the UWS rate value, particularly in subjects without specific anti-SSA antibodies. In patients with suspected pSS, only less than one-half of the UWS measurements are below the value of 0.1  mL/min adopted as the threshold in the classification criteria for pSS.
Source: Rheumatology International - Category: Rheumatology Source Type: research