Diseases of the Salivary Glands Including Dry Mouth and Sjögren's Syndrome :
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[Book]
Other Title Information
Diagnosis and Treatment
First Statement of Responsibility
by Isaäc Waal.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Berlin, Heidelberg
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1997
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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(x, 147 pages 58 illustrations)
CONTENTS NOTE
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1 Dry Mouth and Hypersalivation --;1.1 Introduction --;1.2 Composition of Saliva --;1.3 Collection of Saliva and Measurement of Flow Rate --;1.4 Hyposalivation and Xerostomia --;1.5 Hypersalivation --;2 Inflammatory Diseases --;2.1 Introduction --;2.2 Sialadenitis of the Parotid Gland --;2.3 Sialadenitis of the Submandibular Gland --;2.4 Sialadenitis of the Sublingual Gland --;2.5 Sialadenitis of the Intraoral Salivary Glands --;3 Sjögren's Syndrome --;3.1 Definition --;3.2 Etiology --;3.3 Epidemiology --;3.4 Clinical Aspects --;3.5 Diagnostic Aspects --;3.6 Histological Aspects --;3.7 Treatment and Prognosis --;4 Cysts --;4.1 Cysts of Major Salivary Glands --;4.2 Cysts of Minor Salivary Glands --;4.3 Intraosseous Cyst of Possible Salivary Gland Origin --;5 Neoplasms --;5.1 Introduction --;5.2 Etiology and Histogenesis --;5.3 Epidemiology --;5.4 Clinical Aspects --;5.5 TNM Staging --;5.6 Imaging Techniques --;5.7 Cytological Aspects --;5.8 Histological Aspects --;5.9 Treatment and Prognosis --;6 Miscellaneous Lesions and Conditions --;6.1 Diagnostic Value of Saliva --;6.2 Benign Lymphoepithelial Lesion --;6.3 Developmental Disturbances --;6.4 Frey's Syndrome --;6.5 Necrotizing Sialometaplasia --;6.6 Parotid and Submandibular Fistula --;6.7 Pneumoparotis --;6.8 Salivary Gland Involvement in Systemic Diseases --;6.9 Sialadenosis --;6.10 Sialolithiasis --;6.11 Irradiation Damage of Salivary Gland Tissue.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Both the major and minor salivary glands can be the site of a wide variety of diseases and functional disturbances. Much attention is given to the problematic complaint of dry mouth and the even more cumbersome diagnostic aspects of Sjoegren's syndrome.