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Minor salivary gland structure

Known as: Glandulae salivariae minores, glands minor salivary, Gland, Minor Salivary 
Accessory salivary glands located in the lip, cheek, tongue, floor of mouth, palate and intramaxillary.
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29 relations
Benign Minor Salivary Gland NeoplasmBlood supply aspectsBuccal salivary glandExocrine system

Broader (2)

GlandSalivary Glands

Narrower (3)

Lingual salivary glandPalatine salivary glandStructure of labial gland

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Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
Deep sequencing of short RNAs reveals novel microRNAs in minor salivary glands of patients with Sjögren's syndrome.
OBJECTIVES Sjögren's syndrome is a complex autoimmune disease of the salivary gland with an unknown etiology, so a thorough… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Expression of p53 tumor suppressor gene in adenoid cystic and mucoepidermoid carcinomas of the salivary glands.
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Glandular and extraglandular expression of the Fas-Fas ligand and apoptosis in patients with Sjögren's syndrome.
OBJECTIVE To evaluate the role of Fas-Fas ligand system-mediated apoptosis in the sialoadenitis and interstitial nephritis of Sj… 
Review
1990
Review
1990
A review of the proliferative capacity of major salivary glands and the relationship to current concepts of neoplasia in salivary glands.
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Myoepithelioma of the lung.
This report describes the first documented case (to our knowledge) of a myoepithelioma occurring in the lung. The neoplasm showed… 
Review
1983
Review
1983
Pleomorphic adenoma, II: Ultrastructural organization of "stromal" regions.
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Sjögren's syndrome in progressive systemic sclerosis.
Thirty-five consecutive patients with progressive systemic sclerosis were prospectively evaluated for evidence of Sjögren's… 
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
A quantitative ultrastructural study of the pleomorphic adenoma (mixed tumor) of human minor salivary glands
A quantitative ultrastructural comparison has been made of the cells of seven pleomorphic adenomas and of five normal minor… 
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
Identification of cells infiltrating the minor salivary glands in patients with Sjögren's syndrome.
Patients with Sjögren's syndrome (SS) have mononuclear cell infiltration, tissue destruction and eventual fibrosis of the… 
Review
1968
Review
1968
Non‐Epidermoid Cancer of the Larynx
The histologic classification of the 31 tumors is given in Table 1. Various forms of adenocarcinoma of minor salivary gland type… 
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