Presence of microchimerism in labial salivary glands in systemic sclerosis but not in Sjögren's syndrome
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Observations of Nerve Terminals in Human Labial Salivary Glands
The existence of a motor innervation to the secretory and myoepithelial elements of salivary glands has been supported amply by physiological and pharmacological studies extending over a century (reviewed in Babkin, 1950 ; Emmelin, 1967) . However, the exact morphological nature of this innervation at the acinar level is less well established, and has been the subject of several conflicting rep...
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عنوان ژورنال: Arthritis & Rheumatism
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0004-3591
DOI: 10.1002/art.10137