Salivary gland ultrasonography as a predictor of clinical activity in Sjögren's syndrome.

Primary Sjögren's syndrome is a multisystem autoimmune disease characterized by hypofunction of salivary and lacrimal glands and possible multi-organ system manifestations. Over the past 15 years, three sets of diagnostic criteria have been proposed, but none has included salivary gland ultraso...

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Main Authors: Tania Fidelix, Adriano Czapkowski, Sergio Azjen, Adagmar Andriolo, Virginia F M Trevisani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5544350?pdf=render