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Sialorrhea in Parkinson's disease: A review by Kelvin L. Chou; Marian Evatt; Vanessa Hinson; Katie Kompoliti is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
## Abstract A significant number of patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) experience sialorrhea. This problem can cause social embarrassment, and because saliva pools in the mouth, may lead to aspiration pneumonia. Sialorrhea in PD is thought to be caused by impaired or infrequent swallowing, rather than hypersecretion. Oral medications, botulinum toxin injections, surgical interventions, radiotherapy, speech therapy, and trials of devices may be used to treat sialorrhea in PD, but few controlled trials have been published. This article reviews current knowledge regarding the frequency, etiology, assessment, and treatment of sialorrhea in PD. © 2007 Movement Disorder Society
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- Author
- Kelvin L. Chou; Marian Evatt; Vanessa Hinson; Katie Kompoliti
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (John Wiley & Sons); John Wiley & Sons Inc.; Wiley (ISSN 0885-3185)
- Published
- 2007
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)