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ArticleDentistry journal2020

Salivary Hormones and Quality of Life in Female Postmenopausal Burning Mouth Patients-A Pilot Case-Control Study.

Božana Lončar-Brzak, Valentina Vidranski, Ana Andabak-Rogulj, Danica Vidović-Juras, Ivana Todorić-Laidlaw, Dragana Gabrić, Ivana Škrinjar

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Article in Dentistry journal, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Božana Lončar-BrzakDepartment of Oral Medicine, School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.ORCID 0000-0001-6096-6796
Valentina VidranskiDepartment of Nuclear Medicine and Oncology, University Clinical Hospital Sisters of Mercy, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.
Ana Andabak-RoguljDepartment of Oral Medicine, School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.ORCID 0000-0002-8369-1024
Danica Vidović-JurasDepartment of Oral Medicine, School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.
Ivana Todorić-LaidlawDepartment of Psychotic Disorders (for Women), University Psychiatric Hospital Vrapce, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.
Dragana GabrićDepartment of Oral Surgery, School of Dental Medicine, University of Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.ORCID 0000-0003-0213-1170
Ivana ŠkrinjarDepartment of Oral Medicine, University Clinical Hospital Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.ORCID 0000-0001-8076-7591
University of Zagreb · HRUniversity Hospital Centre Zagreb · HRSisters of Charity Hospital · HR

Funding

Sveučilište u Zagrebu 01 07 2019
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The objective of our study was to investigate salivary levels of estradiol, progesterone and dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), and quality of life, in female postmenopausal women with burning mouth syndrome. The study included new patients diagnosed with burning mouth syndrome and excluded local and systemic causes. Unstimulated saliva samples were taken in the morning from 9 AM and 11 AM and immediately frozen for hormone analysis. The patients filled out a self-perceived quality of life questionnaire Oral Health Impact Profile-14 and determined the intensity of mucosal symptoms according to the visual-analog scale grading 0 to 10. A total of 40 patients were included. The study group had significantly lower levels of salivary estradiol. No difference was observed in levels of progesterone and DHEA between the groups. The levels of salivary hormones did not exhibit a significant correlation according to the Spearman correlation test with a self-perceived quality of life questionnaire (OHIP-14) in the study group or in the control group. Further research on a larger number of patients is needed to verify these results. This information might help to enable more precise and efficient treatment.

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burning mouth syndromequality of lifesalivary hormones

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PMID33019769
PMCPMC7711961
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