Salivary scintigraphy for Sjögren's syndrome in patients with xerostomia: A retrospective study.

M NadalM LevyA BakhshA JolyA MaruaniL VaillantB ErraMahtab Samimi

Published in: Oral diseases (2018)

The accuracy of scintigraphy parameters for the diagnosis of Sjögren's syndrome among patients with xerostomia was low; however, some functional indices appeared to assist discrimination between primary and secondary SS patients and between subgroups of patients with different causes of xerostomia.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
pet ct
prognostic factors
disease activity
patient reported