Risk factors for positive minor salivary gland biopsy findings in Sjögren's syndrome and dry mouth patients

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 189-195

  Brennan, Michael T ^a,f   Sankar, Vidya ^a   Leakan, Rose Anne ^b   Kleiner, David ^c   Atkinson, Jane C ^d   Wilkinson, William E ^e   Baum, Bruce J ^a   Pillemer, Stanley R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f CAROLINAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Diagnostic tests; Immunoglobulins; Sj gren's syndrome

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS SICCA; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LYMPHOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; RISK FACTOR; SALIVARY GLAND; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 0036222550     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.10219     Document Type: Article

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