Published March 1988 | Version v1
Journal article

Salivary Scan Findings and Excretion Rate in Sjoegren Syndrome

  • 1. Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul (Korea, Republic of)

Description

Salivary scan and stimulated salivary clearance of 99mTc-pertechnetate was performed in 11 patients with Sjoegren syndrome (group I), 4 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (group II), 8 patients with non-connective tissue diseases (group III) and 9 normal controls. Stimulated salivary clearances of pertechnetate of normal controls, group II and group III were in normal range (over 16.5 ml/min) and that of patients with Sjoegren's syndrome was significantly reduced (11.1 ml/min).

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Korean Journal of Nuclear Medicine
Journal Volume
22
Journal Issue
1
Series
13 refs, 3 figs, 3 tabs
Journal Page Range
p. 33-37
ISSN
1225-6714