PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Astrid Rasmussen AU - R. Hal Scofield TI - Drs. Rasmussen and Scofield reply AID - 10.3899/jrheum.200436 DP - 2020 Sep 15 TA - The Journal of Rheumatology PG - jrheum.200436 4099 - http://www.jrheum.org/content/early/2020/09/10/jrheum.200436.short 4100 - http://www.jrheum.org/content/early/2020/09/10/jrheum.200436.full AB - Cafaro and colleagues1 have studied focus score (FS)–negative (that is, < 1 focus of ≥ 50 lymphocytes per 4 mm2) to FS-positive (≥ 1 focus per 4 mm2) Sjögren syndrome (SS) patients2 in a manner similar to our recent study3. As in our study, there was evidence of B cell hyperreactivity among those subjects with a positive minor salivary gland biopsy, although the details of this finding varied between the 2 studies.