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Dry mouth and salivary hypofunction caused by external beam radiotherapy used for tongue cancer. Remaining salivary output is viscous and difficult to.

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1 Dry mouth and salivary hypofunction caused by external beam radiotherapy used for tongue cancer. Remaining salivary output is viscous and difficult to swallow, caused by destroyed serous-producing salivary glands. Source: Chapter 42. Oral Cavity, Hazzard's Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, 6e Citation: Halter JB, Ouslander JG, Tinetti ME, Studenski S, High KP, Asthana S. Hazzard's Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, 6e; 2009 Available at: Accessed: October 20, 2017 Copyright © 2017 McGraw-Hill Education. All rights reserved


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