Hepatitis delta in minor salivary glands

There was discoverd hepatitis delta in minor salivary glands of Sjogren Patients in Utah.
There is biopsy needed to get diagnose.
Maybe somebody knows any other place in Europe where such biopsy with hdv detection can be done?

Hi @Kamila,

Thanks for highlighting this really interesting research. These are purely descriptive studies at the moment and it’s not clear that HDV detection in salivary glands has any effect on pathology (within the liver or the salivary glands).

It’s currently being seen as a scientific curiosity and as such, I don’t think there are any standard screening diagnostics for biopsying the salivary glands for HDV.

Happy for any @HealthExperts to weigh in here.

Cheers,
Thomas

1 Like

I fully agree with Thomas

Regards

PL

1 Like

This needs also to be confirmed with another investigator

1 Like