Salivary Viscosity as a Non-Invasive Candidate Biomarker Associated With Aspiration Risk in Oculopharyngeal Muscular Dystrophy.
Researchers found that people with oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy have thicker saliva than matched controls, and this thickness independently associates with higher aspiration risk despite normal saliva flow rates.
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