Geriatrics

Focus scores and serum testing diagnose Sjogren syndrome in older people

Published in Blood Weekly, March 25th, 2004

Focus scores and serum testing diagnose Sjogren syndrome in older people.

"The significance of labial gland biopsies (LGBs) in the diagnosis of Sjogren's syndrome (SS) in the elderly has been a controversial subject since it is complicated by age-related histopathological changes. In an attempt to clarify the appropriateness of LGBs in present diagnosis criteria, we evaluated the specificity of LGBs using autopsied tissues. This was done by taking labial, sublingual and submandibular salivary glands from 53 autopsy subjects (24 males and 29 females) with an average age of 84 years, and testing them histopathologically with reference to a previously reported grading...

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Source: Blood Weekly (2004-03-25)

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