Ultrasonography of major salivary glands could be an alternative tool to sialoscintigraphy in the American-European classification criteria for primary Sjögren's syndrome

Rheumatology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1081-1085

  Milic, Vera ^a   Petrovic, Radmila ^a   Boricic, Ivan ^a   Radunovic, Goran ^a   Marinkovic Eric, Jelena ^a   Jeremic, Predrag ^a   Damjanov, Nemanja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Classification criteria; Salivary glands; Sj gren's syndrome; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SALIVARY GLAND; SALIVARY GLAND ECHOGRAPHY; SALIVARY GLAND EXAMINATION; SCHIRMER TEST; SIALOSCINTIGRAPHY; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; XEROSTOMIA;

ADULT; AGED; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SALIVARY GLANDS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SJOGREN'S SYNDROME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861472715     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/ker431     Document Type: Article

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