LABORATORY TESTS

Sjogren’s-specific Lab references

• Johns Hopkins Sjogren’s center:  A fairly detailed description of blood and urine tests used for Sjogren’s patients. https://www.hopkinssjogrens.org/disease-information/diagnosis-sjogrens-syndrome/blood-and-urine-tests/

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• Labs used in Sjogren's diagnosis (not including lip biopsy). This page does not describe ongoing monitoring!   https://www.sjogrensadvocate.com/labs-for-dx

Autoantibody tests (such as ANA, SS-A, SS-B)

• Academic article by Didlier et al. In- depth review of Autoantibodies for many diseases, including Sjogren’s: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5879136/   ( Open Access)
   

• See also the Hopkins website link above.

General lab test information

• Lab tests online.
  Good general info, but not specific for Sjogren’s and does not cover SS-A and SS-B. There is a good, brief definition autoantibodies on this site. However, their comments about CRP and ESR in Sjogren’s are inaccurate.   https://labtestsonline.org/tests-index

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Updated 12-18-20