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Dry mouth: an overlooked autonomic symptom of Parkinson's disease.
Cersosimo, Maria G; Raina, Gabriela B; Calandra, Cristian R; Pellene, Alejandro; Gutiérrez, Cristiam; Micheli, Federico E; Benarroch, Eduardo E.
Afiliação
  • Cersosimo MG; Parkinson's disease and Movement Disorders Unit, Hospital de Clinicas "Jose de San Martin", University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina. mgcersosimo@gmail.com
J Parkinsons Dis ; 1(2): 169-73, 2011.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23939300
There is involvement of salivary glands by α-synuclein pathology in PD. However, the prevalence of dry mouth has not been systematically assessed in these patients. We studied 97 PD patients and 86 controls using a structured questionnaire. Dry mouth was reported by 60.8% of PD patients and 27.9% of controls (p < 0.0001). Dry mouth and drooling coexisted in 30% of cases. Only 12% of patients had reported dry mouth to their physicians. Dry mouth is a frequent but underreported symptom and may be an early manifestation of autonomic involvement in PD.
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Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Doença de Parkinson / Doenças do Sistema Nervoso Autônomo / Doenças da Boca Tipo de estudo: Diagnostic_studies / Etiology_studies / Prevalence_studies / Qualitative_research / Risk_factors_studies Limite: Adult / Aged / Aged80 / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2011 Tipo de documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Doença de Parkinson / Doenças do Sistema Nervoso Autônomo / Doenças da Boca Tipo de estudo: Diagnostic_studies / Etiology_studies / Prevalence_studies / Qualitative_research / Risk_factors_studies Limite: Adult / Aged / Aged80 / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2011 Tipo de documento: Article