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Submandibular and sublingual salivary gland function in familial dysautonomia.
Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod
September 2002
Hospital Dentistry Department, Assuta Hospital and Maccabi Health Services, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Objective: Drooling in familial dysautonomia (FD) has been attributed to denervation supersensitivity. The aim of this study was to investigate submandibular and sublingual (SM/SL) gland function in FD.
Study Design: SM/SL saliva was collected from 15 children with FD and from 31 healthy control subjects.