PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Clio P.  Mavragani
AU  - Haralampos M.  Moutsopoulos
TI  - Drs. Mavragani and Moutsopoulos reply
AID  - 10.3899/jrheum.190837
DP  - 2019 Sep 15
TA  - The Journal of Rheumatology
PG  - jrheum.190837
4099  - http://www.jrheum.org/content/early/2019/09/11/jrheum.190837.short
4100  - http://www.jrheum.org/content/early/2019/09/11/jrheum.190837.full
AB  - We were delighted to read the letter by Killian, et al, which challenges the use of the terms primary and secondary human Sjögren syndrome (SS) even in experimental animal models of SS1. These terms were coined almost 40 years ago on the basis of a study that revealed clinical, immunologic, and genetic differences among patients expressing sicca manifestations alone and patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and SS.