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Nadia Feb 3, 2017 9:18 PM
This seems to conclude that having a positive SSB number but not SSA does not provide support to diagnose Sjogren's. Usually you need SSA or both. But I found no other diagnosis for having only positive SSB.
The SSB-positive/SSA-negative antibody profile is not associated with key phenotypic features of Sjogren's syndrome. - PubMed - NCBI https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25735642
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25735642
By Baer AN, et al.
Ann Rheum Dis. 2015 Aug;74(8):1557-61. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2014-20683. Epub 2015 Mar 3. Research Support,...