Open AccessImpact of highly active antiretroviral therapy on salivary flow in patients with human-immuno deficiency virus disease in Southern India
Author(s) -
S. Pavithra,
K Ranganathan,
Umadevi K Rao,
Elizabeth Joshua,
Rooban Thavarajah,
N. Kumarasamy
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of oral and maxillofacial pathology/journal of oral and maxillofacial pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.455
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1998-393X
pISSN - 0973-029X
DOI - 10.4103/0973-029x.110695
Subject(s) - saliva , medicine , antiretroviral therapy , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , viral load , immunology , gastroenterology
To ascertain and compare between highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) and non-HAART patients, the stimulated salivary flow rates and unstimulated salivary flow rates (USFR and SSFR) and to correlate the salivary flow rates with immune suppression.