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Causes of Xerostomia with Known Etiology
| Drugs Local radiation Chemotherapy Chronic graft-versus-host disease Diseases of the salivary glands Sjo¨gren’s syndrome Sarcoidosis HIV disease Hepatitis C virus infection Primary biliary cirrhosis Cystic fibrosis Vasculitis Diabetes mellitus Renal dialysis Rare causes Amyloidosis Hemochromatosis Wegener’s disease Salivary gland agenesis (with or without ectodermal dysplasia) Triple A syndrome |
