Salivary levels of hyaluronic acid in female patients with dry mouth compared with age-matched controls: A pilot study

Biomedical Research

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 63-68

  Higuchi, Yasushi ^a   Ansai, Toshihiro ^a   Awano, Shuji ^a   Soh, Inho ^a   Yoshida, Akihiro ^a   Hamasaki, Tomoko ^a   Kakinoki, Yasuaki ^a   Takehara, Tadamichi ^a  

^a KYUSHU DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DIURETIC AGENT; HYALURONIC ACID; HYPNOTIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOSALIVATION; LUBRICATION; PATHOGENESIS; PILOT STUDY; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SALIVATION; XEROSTOMIA; DISEASE MARKER; MOUTH MUCOSA; SALIVA LEVEL;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYALURONIC ACID; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOUTH MUCOSA; PILOT PROJECTS; SALIVA; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 66749144093     PISSN: 0970938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2220/biomedres.30.63     Document Type: Article

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