Optical coherence tomography identifies lower labial salivary gland surface density in cystic fibrosis.

The labial minor salivary glands (LSGs) are easily accessible mucus-secreting structures of the alimentary tract that may provide new information on the basis of gastrointestinal complications of cystic fibrosis (CF). It was shown that they are destructed in the course of cystic fibrosis. We employe...

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Main Authors: Jan K Nowak, Ireneusz Grulkowski, Karol Karnowski, Maciej Wojtkowski, Jaroslaw Walkowiak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4306485?pdf=render