Aplasia of the Major and Minor Salivary Glands: Report of a Rare Case [PDF]
eJournal of Oral Maxillofacial Research, 2022 Background: Aplasia of the salivary glands, either partial or involving all the major and possibly the minor salivary glands, is a very rare cause of hyposalivation.
Erofili Papadopoulou +4 more
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Reliability of OMERACT Scoring System in Ultra-High Frequency Ultrasonography of Minor Salivary Glands: Inter-Rater Agreement Study [PDF]
Journal of Imaging, 2022 Minor salivary gland ultra-high frequency ultrasonography (UHFUS) has recently been introduced for the evaluation of patients with suspected primary Sjögren’s Syndrome (pSS).
Rossana Izzetti +4 more
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Efficacy of Minor Salivary Glands as Indicators of Depth of Resection for Superficial Hypopharyngeal Carcinoma [PDF]
OTO OpenObjective This study aimed to investigate the utility of minor salivary glands in the hypopharynx as novel indicators for safe resection of superficial hypopharyngeal carcinomas with fewer complications. Study Design Cadaveric study.
Tomofumi Sakagami +10 more
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BPI-fold (BPIF) containing/plunc protein expression in human fetal major and minor salivary glands [PDF]
Brazilian Oral Research, 2017 The aim of this study was to determine expression, not previously described, of PLUNC (palate, lung, and nasal epithelium clone) (BPI-fold containing) proteins in major and minor salivary glands from very early fetal tissue to the end of the second ...
Daniel Berretta Moreira ALVES +6 more
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Minor salivary glands in oral mucosa of two dogs: A pilot study [PDF]
Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, 2021 Presence of minor salivary glands in the oral mucosa and its potential use as an autograft for treating dry eye disease has been widely reported in humans. But there is a paucity of literature regarding the histological evidence for the presence of minor
Gisha G. Nair +6 more
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Neurofibromin expression by normal salivary glands
Head & Face Medicine, 2021 Introduction Neurofibromin, a protein encoded by the NF1 gene, is mutated in neurofibromatosis 1, one of the most common genetic diseases. Oral manifestations are common and a high prevalence of hyposalivation was recently described in individuals with ...
Eloá Borges Luna +3 more
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Polymorphous adenocarcinoma of the upper lip: A case report
Advances in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 2022 Polymorphous adnenocarcinoma (PAC) is a less aggressive malignant tumour, mainly occurs in the minor salivary glands. It is less frequently seen in the upper lip. As there aren't any specific features to differentiate PAC from other benign tumours of the
Vathana Ketheeswaranathan, Kavin Andi
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Explaining gender differences in caries: a multifactorial approach to a multifactorial disease. [PDF]
, 2010 Many studies have demonstrated that caries rates are higher in women than in men. This review attempts to provide an explanation for this trend by examining each factor which contributes to caries and how the factor differs in men and women. Evidence has
Ferraro, Maria, Vieira, Alexandre R
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Minor salivary gland sialolithiasis: a clinical diagnostic challenge [PDF]
, 2018 Sialolithiasis is a non-neoplastic salivary gland disease that rarely affects the minor salivary glands. There are no guidelines in the literature which can suggest which is the best surgical approach to treat Minor Salivary Glands Sialolithiasis (MSGL).
Bosco, D +3 more
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An unusual presentation of mixed tumor of salivary gland
Archives of Medicine and Health Sciences, 2017 Pleomorphic adenoma is one of the salivary gland tumors affecting both major and minor salivary glands. Parotid gland is the most commonly affected of the major group, and hard palate is the most common site of the minor salivary glands affected ...
Arati V Kulkarni +6 more
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