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SUBMITTER: Carubbi F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6347225 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Carubbi Francesco F Alunno Alessia A Cipriani Paola P Coletti Gino G Bigerna Barbara B Manetti Mirko M Di Benedetto Paola P Bistoni Onelia O Cipolloni Gianluca G Liakouli Vasiliki V Ruscitti Piero P Bartoloni Elena E Giacomelli Roberto R Gerli Roberto R
PloS one 20190125 1
<h4>Objective</h4>A standardization of minor salivary gland (MSG) histopathology in primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS) has been recently proposed. Although there is strong agreement that germinal center (GC)-like structures should be routinely identified, due to their prognostic value, a consensus regarding the best protocol is still lacking. Aim of this study was to compare the performance of different histological techniques and operators to identify GC-like structures in pSS MSGs. MSG biopsies ...[more]