TY - JOUR T1 - Classification criteria for Sjögren's syndrome: a revised version of the European criteria proposed by the American-European Consensus Group JF - Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases JO - Ann Rheum Dis SP - 554 LP - 558 DO - 10.1136/ard.61.6.554 VL - 61 IS - 6 AU - C Vitali AU - S Bombardieri AU - R Jonsson AU - H M Moutsopoulos AU - E L Alexander AU - S E Carsons AU - T E Daniels AU - P C Fox AU - R I Fox AU - S S Kassan AU - S R Pillemer AU - N Talal AU - M H Weisman Y1 - 2002/06/01 UR - http://ard.bmj.com/content/61/6/554.abstract N2 - Classification criteria for Sjögren'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 -