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Xerostomia (dry mouth) is a common complaint with widespread implications such as impaired quality of life, oral pain, and numerous oral complications. There are a variety of salivary and nonsalivary causes of xerostomia, the most frequent being medication side effects and systemic disorders. A systematic approach should be employed to determine the etiology of this condition, with distinctions made...
Purpose To determine the incidence of trismus in patients who had previously received curative doses of radiation therapy (RT) for head and neck cancer. In addition, we assessed if trismus was associated with quality of life deficits and radiation toxicity. Methods and materials Between February, 2005 and December, 2006, 40 patients with histologically confirmed head and neck cancer who had received...
Interferon (IFN)-α is the main IFN produced in response to viral infection. Low levels of IFNα can be detected in nasal secretions after exposure to viruses in vivo. Radioimmunoassay has shown that endogenous IFNα is low in children, reaches a peak in young adults, and gradually declines with aging. Importantly, this endogenous IFNα is significantly decreased in patients with Sjögren’s syndrome (SS)...
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