TY - JOUR TI - Classification criteria for Sjogren's syndrome: a revised version of the European criteria proposed by the American-European Consensus Group AU - Vitali, C AU - Bombardieri, S AU - Jonsson, R AU - Moutsopoulos, HM and AU - Alexander, EL AU - Carsons, SE AU - Daniels, TE AU - Fox, PC AU - Fox, RI AU - and Kassan, SS AU - Pillemer, SR AU - Talal, N AU - Weisman, MH and AU - European Study Grp Classification JO - Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases PY - 2002 VL - 61 TODO - 6 SP - 554-558 PB - BMJ Publishing Group SN - 0003-4967, 1468-2060 TODO - 10.1136/ard.61.6.554 TODO - null TODO - Classification criteria for Sjogren’s syndrome (SS) were developed and validated between 1989 and 1996 by the European Study Group on Classification Criteria for SS, and broadly accepted. These have been re-examined by consensus group members, who have introduced some modifications, more clearly defined the rules for classifying patients with primary or secondary SS, and provided more precise exclusion criteria. ER -