Abstract Number: 1468 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2018
Minor Salivary Gland Biopsy: Its Importance in Rheumatoid Arthritis and Secondary Sjögren’s Syndrom
Background/Purpose: Secondary Sjögren's Syndrome (sSS) is a common extraarticular manifestation in patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA). According to the 2002 European American criteria (EA 2002)…Abstract Number: 1516 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2016
Evidence of Labial Salivary Gland Epithelial Cell Activation from Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Sicca Symptomatology
Background/Purpose: In primary Sjögren’s syndrome (pSS), labial minor salivary gland epithelial cells (LMSGEC) inappropriately express various molecules, including B7, HLA-DR, ICAM, as assessed previously by…Abstract Number: 646 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2015
Sicca Syndrome in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Is It a Real Sjögren’s?
Background/Purpose: The histopathological hallmark and a major diagnostic criterion of Sjögren’s syndrome (SS) is the presence of periductal lymphocytic infiltrates in the labial minor salivary…
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