Do pilocarpine drops help dry mouth in palliative care patients: a protocol for an aggregated series of n-of-1 trials
BACKGROUND: It is estimated that 39,000 Australians die from malignant disease yearly. Of these, 60% to 88% of advanced cancer patients suffer xerostomia, the subjective feeling of mouth dryness. Xerostomia has significant physical, social and psychological consequences which compromise function and...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2013
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3827871/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24176001 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-684X-12-39 |