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Trans-cutaneous electrical nerve stimulation to treat dry mouth (xerostomia) following radiotherapy for head and neck cancer. A systematic review

BACKGROUND: A dry mouth or xerostomia is one of the most common long-term complications following radiotherapy for head and neck cancer and has a negative impact on quality of life in cancer survivors. Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) is a novel approach to improving saliva flow in...

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Autores principales: Salimi, Fatemeh, Saavedra, Francisco, Andrews, Brain, FitzGerald, James, Winter, Stuart C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7903056/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33664943
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amsu.2021.01.094