Assessment of disease severity in Sjögren’s syndrome using semiquantitative parameters on salivary gland scintigraphy
Semiquantitative parameters on SGS show a reduction with an increase in the severity of xerostomia. In addition, maximum uptake and excretion fractions correlated well with the severity of xerostomia of Sjögren's syndrome, whereas ANA levels showed no significant correlation with disease severity. SGS can serve as an objective parameter of clinical severity of xerostomia, which is otherwise difficult to determine clinically.
Authors
- Pramit Kumar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9251-441X)
- Girish Kumar Parida (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2533-4608)
- Kanhaiyalal Agrawal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4855-8938)
- Parneet Singh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2149-9077)
- Abdul Rehman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4789-3462)
- Tejasvini Singhal
- P. Sai Sradha Patro
Institutions
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences Bhubaneswar (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Nuclear Medicine Communications
- Published
- 2025-07-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/mnm.0000000000002020
- Primary Topic
- Salivary Gland Disorders and Functions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00