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“However, there are no long-term data available (> 6 months) of the beneficial effect of sialendoscopy in this specific category of patients and whether recurrent treatment is effective,” he said. “Our research group is currently investigating this.”

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Karagozoglu KH, Vissink A, Forouzanfar T, et al. Sialendoscopy enhances salivary gland function in Sjögren’s syndrome: a 6-month follow-up, randomised and controlled, single blind study. Annals of Rheumatic Diseases. 2018 Feb 23. [Epub ahead of print]

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