The salivary gland component of Sjögren's syndrome: An evaluation of diagnostic methods

Focal sialadenitis in patients with ankylosing spondylitis and spondyloarthropathy: a comparison with patients with rheumatoid arthritis or mixed connective tissue disease

“…They can also be interpreted as reflecting poor specificity of focus scores, because of the low association with clinical findings 43. On the other hand, the focus score may be increased before the development of oral symptoms,44indicating a need for follow up of the patients with abnormal focus score in the present study.…”

Salivary proteins in rheumatoid arthritis and Sjögren's syndrome: One-dimensional and two-dimensional electrophoretic studies

“…N, normal subject; RA, RA¢ and RA², rheumatoid arthritis patients; SS and SS¢, secondary Sjögren©s patients. tion are sialography, scintigraphy, labial salivary gland biopsy and sialometry [42,43]. These procedures are costly and invasive, and disease specificity can be limited.…”

Quantitative assessment of oral mucosa and labial minor salivary glands in patients with Sjögren’s syndrome using swept source OCT

“…This change highlights the proven diagnostic value of LMSG investigation. Although other modalities for LMSG and major salivary gland analysis exist [44], so far the specificity of LMSG biopsy remained unmatched [7,45]. However, the biopsy is an invasive procedure that leads to acute and medium term complications in about 10% of patients [46].…”