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Rheumatology Advance Access published online on July 31, 2007
Rheumatology, doi:10.1093/rheumatology/kem174
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© The Author 2007. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the British Society for Rheumatology. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

Comment on: parotid gland biopsy compared with labial biopsy in the diagnosis of patients with primary Sjogren's Syndrome

R. Caporali1, E. Bonacci1, O. Epis1, P. Morbini2 and C. Montecucco1

1Department of Rheumatology, University of Pavia, IRCCS San Matteo Foundation, Pavia Italy, and 2Department of Pathology, University of Pavia, IRCCS San Matteo Foundation, Pavia Italy

Correspondence to: Roberto Caporali, MD, Department of Rheumatology, University of Pavia, IRCCS San Matteo Foundation, Piazzale Golgi 2, 27100 Pavia, Italy. E-mail: caporali@smatteo.pv.it

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SIR, We read with interest the report of Pijpe et al. [1] comparing parotid gland with labial biopsy in 35 patients with Sjogren's Syndrome (SS).

We agree with the authors about the difficulties arising from the use of labial gland biopsy in the diagnosis of SS, particularly related to the histological evaluation of focus score (FS), requiring skilled pathologists. Although . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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