PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Francesco Carubbi
AU  - Alessia Alunno
TI  - The Serological Status Affects the Prognostic Role of Salivary Gland Histology in Primary Sjögren Syndrome
AID  - 10.3899/jrheum.200350
DP  - 2020 Sep 15
TA  - The Journal of Rheumatology
PG  - jrheum.200350
4099  - http://www.jrheum.org/content/early/2020/09/10/jrheum.200350.short
4100  - http://www.jrheum.org/content/early/2020/09/10/jrheum.200350.full
AB  - We read with interest the article by Sharma, et al that evaluated a cohort of patients with symptoms of mucosal dryness undergoing diagnostic workup for the suspicion of primary Sjögren syndrome (pSS)1. The assessment also included a minor salivary gland (MSG) biopsy and patients were classified as pSS if fulfilling the histological [focus score (FS) ≥ 1], serological (anti-Ro based on the American College of Rheumatology/European League Against Rheumatism set or either anti-Ro or anti-La based on the American‑European Consensus Group set), or both criteria2,3.