salivary gland disease

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sal·i·var·y gland dis·ease

disorder of salivary glands; that is, Sjögren syndrome.

salivary gland disease

A highly nonspecific term for any benign, malignant, inflammatory or infectious condition affecting the salivary glands.

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Initially, Cook Medical OHNS will focus on products that are used to treat salivary gland disease, chronic sinusitis, vocal cord paralysis and obstructive sleep apnea, as well as products used for soft-tissue repair and in interventional airway and esophageal procedures.

Cook medical introduces salivary duct access devices

Jeffers and Webster-Cyriaque, while investigating the contribution of viral infection to the pathogenesis of salivary gland diseases, detected BKPyV shedding in the saliva of HIV-positive patients with salivary gland diseases more often than in healthy controls and suggested that it played a possible role in the disease (4).

Polyomavirus in Saliva of HIV-infected Children, Brazil

Natural history of HIV-associated salivary gland disease.

Lymphoepithelial lesions of the parotid gland in the HIV era--a South African experience

Thirty-two international academics contribute 17 chapters to a clinical text on the medical and surgical management of salivary gland disease in patients with pediatric and adult, inflammatory or neoplastic disorders.

Salivary Gland Diseases: Surgical and Medical Management

This syndrome has been called HIV-associated salivary gland disease when it involves the salivary glands.

Characteristics of Salivary Diffuse Infiltrative Lymphocytosis Syndrome in West Africa

Other topics in the 18 chapters include assessment and diagnosis, problems related to systemic conditions, pharmacology, the operating room and instruments, extraction and complications, prostheses, surgical infections, jaw cysts, oral cancer, salivary gland disease, temporomandibular disorders and chronic orofacial pain, and facial deformity.

Principles of oral and maxillofacial surgery, 6th ed

As a result, last week we launched our new Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery clinical division, introduced important new products for procedures for obstructive salivary gland disease, dysphagia, dural repair following cranial base procedures and thyroid biopsy, and broadened our support of research aimed specifically at advancing the work of otolaryngologists," said Thomas Cherry, OHNS global clinical division leader for Cook Medical.

Cook Medical Supports Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery Science With CORE Research Grant

McGurk M and RenehanAE(2001) Controversies in the management of salivary gland disease.