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Contribution of salivary gland ultrasonography to the diagnosis of sjögren's syndrome: Towards new diagnostic criteria?†

Divi Cornec MD,Sandrine Jousse-Joulin MD,Jacques-Olivier Pers DDS-PhD,Thierry Marhadour MD,Béatrice Cochener MD-PhD,Sylvie Boisramé-Gastrin DDS,Emmanuel Nowak PhD,Pierre Youinou MD-DSc,Alain Saraux MD-PhD,Valérie Devauchelle-Pensec MD-PhD‡,*

DOI: 10.1002/art.37698

The addition of salivary-gland ultrasonography (SGUS) to American-European Consensus Group (AECG) classification criteria improves the accuracy of diagnosis of primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS), according to a study published online Oct. 25 in Arthritis & Rheumatism.

Read more at: http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-salivary-gland-ultrasonography-sjogren-diagnosis.html#jCp

The complete publication at "Arthritis and Reumathism"

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/art.37698/abstract