[Biopsy of the salivary glands. The importance and technic of biopsy of the sublingual gland on its anterio-lateral side].

A new method of taking a sublingual gland sample is suggested by the authors in the fore pole. They emphasize on this straightforward operating act and on the amount of tissue removed. The aim of the removal could be etiologic within the framework of the Gougerot-Sjögren's syndrome, diagnostic in the sarcoidosis and rheumatoid arthritis, prognostic in the graft versus host disease.