B-cell and T-cell quantification in minor salivary glands in primary Sjögren's syndrome: Development and validation of a pixel-based digital procedure

Arthritis Research and Therapy

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Costa, Sebastian ^a   Schutz, Sacha ^a   Cornec, Divi ^a   Uguen, Arnaud ^a   Quintin Roué, Isabelle ^a   Lesourd, Agnès ^b   Berthelot, Jean Marie ^c   Hachulla, Eric ^d   Hatron, Pierre Yves ^d   Goeb, Vincent ^e   Vittecoq, Olivier ^f   Pers, Jacques Olivier ^g   Marcorelles, Pascale ^a   Saraux, Alain ^a   Devauchelle Pensec, Valérie ^a  

^a BREST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Vannes Hospital   (France)

^c HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

^d UNIV LILLE   (France)

^e AMIENS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^f ROUEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^g UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

Author keywords

B T lymphocytes; Digital quantification; Minor salivary glands; Sj gren's syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL PIXEL COUNTING METHOD; DISEASE ACTIVITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SALIVARY GLAND; SALIVARY GLAND BIOPSY; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; T LYMPHOCYTE; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINOR SALIVA GLAND; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARDS; TRENDS;

ADULT; AGED; B-LYMPHOCYTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SALIVARY GLANDS, MINOR; SJOGREN'S SYNDROME; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 84955249036     PISSN: 14786354     EISSN: 14786362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13075-016-0924-2     Document Type: Article

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