The wafer test: A semi-quantitative test to screen for xerostomia

Rheumatology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 381-389

  Sanchez Guerrero J ^a   Aguirre Garcia E ^a   Perez Dosal M R ^a   Kraus, A ^a   Cardiel, M H ^a   Soto Rojas, A E ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Screening; Sicca syndrome; Sj gren's syndrome; Xerostomia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISSOLUTION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SALIVATION; SCHIRMER TEST; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; TEMPERATURE; XEROSTOMIA;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SALIVATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SJOGREN'S SYNDROME; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 0036113317     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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