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Abstract
Calculi occurring in a salivary gland. Most salivary gland calculi occur in the submandibular gland, but can also occur in the parotid gland and in the sublingual and minor salivary glands.
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- Salivary Gland Stones
- Sialolithiasis
- Sialoliths
- Calculi, Salivary Gland
- Calculus, Salivary Gland
- Gland Calculi, Salivary
- Gland Calculus, Salivary
- Gland Stone, Salivary
- Gland Stones, Salivary
- Salivary Gland Calculus
- Salivary Gland Stone
- Sialolith
- Stone, Salivary Gland
- Stones, Salivary Gland
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37 allowable subheadings
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 DUCT CALCULI
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History Note
89; SIALOLITHIASIS was see SALIVARY DUCT CALCULI 1966-88
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Previous Indexing
- Calculi (1966-1988)
- Salivary Duct Calculi (1966-1988)
- Salivary Gland Diseases (1966-1988)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Salivary Gland Calculi. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D015494. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D015494
- Salivary Gland Calculi. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q68000636