Prognostic value of the pilocarpine test to identify patients who may obtain long-term relief from xerostomia by acupuncture treatment

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 125, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 561-566

  Blom, Maria ^a   Kopp, Sigvard ^a   Lundeberg, Thomas ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PILOCARPINE;

ACCURACY; ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION INJURY; SALIVATION; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 0345279910     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.125.5.561     Document Type: Article

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