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Salivary Viscosity as a Non-Invasive Candidate Biomarker Associated With Aspiration Risk in Oculopharyngeal Muscular Dystrophy.

Journal of oral rehabilitation · Zvulunov A, Saif R, Olmer L, Ben-David M, Benyamini L, Dori A, Yarom N, Greenbaum L, Tzur E, Friedlander-Barenboim S · 2026-08-05

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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