Towards standardisation of histopathological assessments of germinal centres and lymphoid structures in primary Sjögren's syndrome

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2016, Pages e31-

  Hillen, Maarten R ^a,b   Barone, Francesca ^b   Radstake, Timothy R D J ^a   Van Roon, Joel A G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RITUXIMAB;

DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GERMINAL CENTER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LETTER; LYMPHOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAROTID GLAND; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVARY GLAND BIOPSY; SCORING SYSTEM; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; B LYMPHOCYTE;

B-LYMPHOCYTES; GERMINAL CENTER; HUMANS; SJOGREN'S SYNDROME;

EID: 84962815165     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2016-209475     Document Type: Letter

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