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The Prevalence and Management of Saliva Problems in Motor Neuron Disease: A 4-Year Analysis of the Scottish Motor Neuron Disease Register

Iona Pearson, Stella A. Glasmacher, Judith Newton, Emily Beswick, Arpan R. Mehta, Richard Davenport, Siddharthan Chandran, Suvankar Pal

Neurodegenerative Diseases · 2020 · 14 citations · 8 references

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Abstract

Saliva problems are common and associated with bulbar onset MND. A substantial proportion of pwMND with saliva problems did not receive recommended treatments. Future research is required to determine the relative efficacy of individual pharmacological treatments.

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