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Certain medications, including antihistamines, antidepressants, and drugs for high blood pressure, can interfere with salivary gland function. They may cause the glands to produce less saliva ...

Salivary gland cancers can affect facial appearance and function and psychological well-being. Treatment can require a team. Reconstructive surgeons help maintain or restore facial appearance.

TPT investigations have revealed that dosages of 500 mCi caused abnormal salivary gland function in as many as 80% of the patients [26] and approached 100% when more was used. [27, 28, 29] Because ...

Recent work on the biochemistry of the thyroid gland indicates that other factors may have a bearing on the thyroxin level in the blood. Leblond and Grad, 7 Arvy, Debray and Gabe 8 and Bader and ...

Researchers at Showa University and the RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Japan, have grown 3D salivary gland tissue that produces saliva when implanted in mice. The development has ...

Parenchymal function was assessed by quantitative salivary gland scintigraphy performed prospectively in 50 patients with differentiated thyroid cancer before and 3 months after HD-RIT with either 3 ...

Intact salivary gland function is essential to preserving oral health. 16, 17 Hyposalivation refers to decreased measurable output of saliva; patients typically but not always complain of the ...

Generation of orthotopically functional salivary gland from embryonic stem cells. Nature Communications, 2018; 9 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-06469-7 ...