Initially, not all salivary glands were thought to be impaired while ... from the observation that the initial and immediate parotid swellings were transient in nature. Longitudinal studies ...

The pathogenesis of parotid hypertrophy under the conditions reported is unexplained. Frequent reference is made to morphologic and functional similarities between salivary glands and the pancreas ...

Clinical studies have shown an association with oral pathologies at least for some of the established salivary markers of oxidative stress. This association is currently limited to the population ...

Even when the resting parotid secretion rates are reduced, the parotid glands respond vigorously ... of labial biopsy specimens discloses sound salivary gland tissues when medication is the ...

2 Department of Ophthalmology, University of Tokyo School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan 3 Department of Ophthalmology, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan Aims To evaluate objectively the meibomian gland area ...