Different operators and histologic techniques in the assessment of germinal center-like structures in primary Sjögren’s syndrome minor salivary glands

• Francesco Carubbi ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Francesco Carubbi, Alessia Alunno

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Rheumatology Unit, Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Science, School of Medicine, University of L'Aquila, Italy, Department of Medicine, ASL1 Avezzano-Sulmona-L’Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy

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• Alessia Alunno ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Francesco Carubbi, Alessia Alunno

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1105-5640

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• Paola Cipriani,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Rheumatology Unit, Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Science, School of Medicine, University of L'Aquila, Italy

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• Gino Coletti,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision

  Affiliation Pathology Unit, Biomedical Department, ASL1 Avezzano-Sulmona-L’Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy

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• Barbara Bigerna,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Institute of Haematology, Department of Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy

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• Mirko Manetti,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources

  Affiliation Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Section of Anatomy and Histology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3956-8480

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• Paola Di Benedetto,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Software

  Affiliation Rheumatology Unit, Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Science, School of Medicine, University of L'Aquila, Italy

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• Onelia Bistoni,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software

  Affiliation Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy

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• Gianluca Cipolloni,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Pathology Unit, Biomedical Department, ASL1 Avezzano-Sulmona-L’Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy

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• Vasiliki Liakouli,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Resources

  Affiliation Rheumatology Unit, Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Science, School of Medicine, University of L'Aquila, Italy

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• Piero Ruscitti,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Visualization

  Affiliation Rheumatology Unit, Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Science, School of Medicine, University of L'Aquila, Italy

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• Elena Bartoloni,

  Roles Data curation, Validation

  Affiliation Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy

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• Roberto Giacomelli ,

  Roles Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: roberto.giacomelli@cc.univaq.it

  Affiliation Rheumatology Unit, Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Science, School of Medicine, University of L'Aquila, Italy

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• Roberto Gerli

  Roles Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy

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