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Abstract
Presence of small calculi in the terminal salivary ducts (salivary sand), or stones (larger calculi) found in the larger ducts.
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- Parotid Duct Calculi
- Salivary Duct Stones
- Sialolithiasis, Ductal
- Submandibular Duct Calculi
- Calculi, Salivary Duct
- Calculus, Salivary Duct
- Duct Calculi, Salivary
- Duct Calculus, Salivary
- Duct Stone, Salivary
- Duct Stones, Salivary
- Salivary Duct Calculus
- Salivary Duct Stone
- Sialolithiases, Ductal
- Stone, Salivary Duct
- Stones, Salivary Duct
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, chemistry, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, ultrastructure, urine, veterinary, virology.
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Indexing Annotation
chem composition of calculi: use /chem; /ultrastruct permitted; coord IM with specific precoord salivary gland dis term (IM); do not confuse with SALIVARY GLAND CALCULI
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66; SIALOLITHIASIS was see SALIVARY DUCT CALCULI 1966-88
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Salivary Duct Calculi. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D012465. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D012465
- Salivary Duct Calculi. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q68000416