[Post-radiotherapy xerostomia in patients with oral cancer. Changes in salivary inorganic components and immunoglobulins].

Autor: De Vicente Rodríguez JC; Escuela de Estomatología de Oviedo., Cobo Plana J, Villa Vigil MA
Jazyk: Spanish; Castilian
Zdroj: Avances en odontoestomatologia [Av Odontoestomatol] 1991 Sep; Vol. 7 (7), pp. 503-5, 508-9, 512-4.
Abstrakt: Following therapeutic doses of irradiation to the salivary glands the glandular tissues suffer an early degeneration of the serous cells and focal necrosis of the parenchyma. Xerostomia is present and persist for a time, depending upon the dose of irradiation.
Databáze: MEDLINE