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Old 07-05-2012, 08:09 PM
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40% of Sjogren's patients are sero-negative....that is NOT minimal.

Maybe you need a second opinion from another rheumy.



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Originally Posted by Idiopathic PN View Post
That's my concern with this rheumy, when I mentioned about the possibility of sjorgrens, she seemed upset by telling me that I should not categorize myself with sjorgrens as all my tests are negative. She said that there are only very minimal numbers of patients who are sero-negative. I am afraid she is one of those doctors who go by the bloodwork numbers and not the symptoms.
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