Is it the time to adopt salivary gland ultrasonography as an alternative diagnostic tool for the classification of patients with Sjögren's syndrome? Comment on the Article by Cornec et al

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1950-

  Vitali, Claudio ^a,b   Carotti, Marina ^c   Salaffi, Fausto ^c  

^a Casa di Cura di Lecco   (Italy)

^b Istituto San GiuseppeComo   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD FLOW; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVARY GLAND; SCINTIGRAPHY; SCORING SYSTEM; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; TARGET ORGAN;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SALIVARY GLANDS; SJOGREN'S SYNDROME;

EID: 84879876644     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: 15290131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.37945     Document Type: Letter

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