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From: Salivary changes and dental caries as potential oral markers of autoimmune salivary gland dysfunction in primary Sjögren's syndrome

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shows the saliva composition as a function of the parotid saliva flow rate (both unstimulated and stimulated) in patients with pSS (bold circles) and healthy age-matched controls (open circles). Lines were fitted by linear (a and b) or non-linear regression (c-h) depending on the best obtainable fit judged from the R-squared values with unbroken lines representing pSS and dotted lines the controls. Figures 1a and b illustrates that the pSS patients can be divided into two subgroups with regard to salt reabsorption. One group of patients follow the reabsorption pattern of the healthy controls, whereas the other group display high sodium and chloride concentrations despite low parotid flow rates indicating differences in the degree of glandular affection by the disease of the patients studied.

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