Rheumatology Advance Access originally published online on August 7, 2007
Rheumatology 2007 46(10):1625-1626; doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kem152
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Comment on: parotid gland biopsy compared with labial biopsy in the diagnosis of patients with primary Sjogren's Syndrome: reply
Correspondence to: J. Pijpe. E-mail: j.pijpe@kchir.umcg.nl
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SIR,
We would like to thank Dr. Morbini and co-workers for their valuable remarks on our study comparing parotid gland with labial biopsy in Sjögren's syndrome (SS) [1]. Morbini and co-workers addressed an important topic regarding the validity of salivary gland biopsies in the diagnosis of SS. In their well performed study regarding multilevel examination of labial gland biopsy specimens in the diagnosis of