Ultrasonographic evaluation of major salivary glands in primary Sj?gren's syndrome: comparison of two scoring systems
- Zhang Xia
- Zhang Shanshan
- He Jing
- Hu Fanlei
- Liu Hongjiang
- Li Jianguo
- Zhu Jiaan
- Li Zhanguo
DOIAbstract
To assess the diagnostic value of salivary gland ultrasonography (SGUS) for primary SS (pSS) and to compare the usefulness of two existing SGUS scoring systems.Ultrasonography examination of major salivary glands was conducted for 105 pSS patients and 41 disease control subjects without SS and 16 healthy control subjects. The imaging features were graded using two different scoring systems (0-16 and 0-48, respectively) obtained from the grades of bilateral parotid and submandibular glands. Receiver operating characteristic curves were used to describe and compare the diagnostic accuracy of the two ultrasonography echostructure scoring systems for pSS. The agreement of diagnosis for pSS between the two scoring systems was determined by κ-sta...
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