To assess the usefulness and performance of the American European Consensus Group (AECG) criteria based on minor salivary gland biopsy (MSGB) in Japanese patients with primary SS.
A single centre retrospective analysis of AECG classification criteria for primary Sjogren's syndrome based on 112 minor salivary gland biopsies in a Japanese population.
Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Unit of Translational Medicine, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki City, Nagasaki 852-8501, Japan. nhideki@nagasaki-u.ac.jp