Abstract Number: 671 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2016
Steered Screening for Sjögren Syndrome in Patients with Sicca Syndrome. Role of Salival Beta-2 Microglogulin
Janett Riega-Torres1, Amaury Valdés-Mancha2, Celia Sánchez-Domínguez3, Lorena Pérez-Barbosa1, Ana Arana-Guajardo4, David Vega-Morales5 and Mario Alberto Garza-Elizondo1, 1Servicio de Reumatología, Departamento de Medicina Interna del Hospital Universitario “Dr. José Eleuterio González”, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Mexico, 2Servicio de Reumatología, Departamento de Medicina Interna. Hospital Universitario “Dr. José Eleuterio González”. Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Mexico, 3Departamento de Bioquímica, Facultad de Medicina. Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Mexico, 4Servicio de Reumatología, Departamento de Medicina Interna del Hospital Universitario “Dr. José Eleuterio González”, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Mexico, 5Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo Léon, Monterrey, Mexico
Background/Purpose: Sicca Syndrome patients represent a diagnostic challenge for the wide variety of etiologies that can afford it. Beta-2 Microglogulin (B2MG) is a non-glycosylated protein,…Abstract Number: 3201 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2016
Diagnostic Value of Quantitative Sialoscintigraphy Compared to Labial Salivary Gland Biopsy in Patients with Suspected SjöGren’ Syndrome
Background/Purpose: Salivary gland dysfunction is one of the most common features of Sjögren' syndrome (SS). Sialoscintigraphy (sSC) is the only technique nowadays available to objectify…Abstract Number: 2187 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2012
Safety of Minor Labial Salivary Gland Biopsy
Background/Purpose: Histopathological analysis of minor salivary glands is a part of the latest classification criteria for SS proposed by the American-European Consensus Group (AECG), and…Abstract Number: 2199 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2012
Elevated IgG4 Serum Levels Among Primary Sjogren’s Syndrome Patients: Do They Unmask Underlying IgG4-Related Disease?
Background/Purpose: To determine IgG4 serum levels in a cohort of patients fulfilling the classification criteria for primary Sjogren’s syndrome (pSS) and to explore whether they…
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