Diagnosis and management of xerostomia and hyposalivation

Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management

Volumn 11, Issue , 2014, Pages 45-51

  Villa, Alessandro ^a,b   Connell, Christopher L ^c   Abati, Silvio ^d  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dry mouth; Saliva stimulation; Saliva substitutes; Sialogogues

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE; CEVIMELINE; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; PILOCARPINE; PLACEBO; SALIVA SUBSTITUTE; TOPICAL AGENT; YOHIMBINE;

BRADYCARDIA; BRONCHOCONSTRICTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; FLOW RATE; HICCUP; HUMAN; HYPERHIDROSIS; HYPOSALIVATION; HYPOTENSION; MOUTH MUCOSA; NAUSEA; PREDICTIVE VALUE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SALIVARY GLAND FUNCTION; SALIVATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINARY FREQUENCY; VASODILATATION; VISUAL DISORDER; VOMITING; WELLBEING; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 84919785645     PISSN: 11766336     EISSN: 1178203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/TCRM.S76282     Document Type: Review

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