Clinical and biochemical evaluation of the saliva of patients with xerostomia induced by radiotherapy

Clinical aspects and biochemical properties in the saliva of 21 patients prior to and following radiotherapy for head and neck cancer were evaluated (experimental group) and compared with the same properties in a control group of 21 subjects free of cancer. Salivary flow was evaluated by measuring t...

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Main Author: Pontes,Cássio de Barros (author)
Other Authors: Polizello,Ana Cristina Morseli (author), Spadaro,Augusto César Cropanese (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2004
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Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1806-83242004000100013
Country:Brazil
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