"Xerostomia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Decreased salivary flow.
| Descriptor ID |
D014987
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C07.465.815.929
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| Concept/Terms |
Xerostomia- Xerostomia
- Xerostomias
- Hyposalivation
- Hyposalivations
- Asialia
- Asialias
- Mouth Dryness
- Dryness, Mouth
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Xerostomia" by people in this website by year, and whether "Xerostomia" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Xerostomia" by people in Profiles.
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Fortuna G, Whitmire S, Sullivan K, Alajbeg I, Andabak-Rogulj A, Pedersen AML, Vissink A, di Fede O, Aria M, Jager DJ, Noll J, Jensen SB, Wolff A, Brennan MT. Impact of medications on salivary flow rate in patients with xerostomia: a retrospective study by the Xeromeds Consortium. Clin Oral Investig. 2023 Jan; 27(1):235-248.
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Stewart CR, Obi N, Epane EC, Akbari AA, Halpern L, Southerland JH, Gangula PR. Effects of Diabetes on Salivary Gland Protein Expression of Tetrahydrobiopterin and Nitric Oxide Synthesis and Function. J Periodontol. 2016 Jun; 87(6):735-41.
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Ritchie CS, Joshipura K, Hung HC, Douglass CW. Nutrition as a mediator in the relation between oral and systemic disease: associations between specific measures of adult oral health and nutrition outcomes. Crit Rev Oral Biol Med. 2002; 13(3):291-300.