TY - JOUR T1 - Questions From Patients and Doctors on Negative Minor Salivary Gland Biopsy in Sjögren Syndrome JF - The Journal of Rheumatology JO - J Rheumatol DO - 10.3899/jrheum.200579 SP - jrheum.200579 AU - Maria Panchovska Y1 - 2020/09/15 UR - http://www.jrheum.org/content/early/2020/09/10/jrheum.200579.abstract N2 - 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 al2, 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). ER -