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Lipstick on teeth
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xerostomia
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  • Lawrence E. Putnam, MD of Washington, DC is quoted as: "In 1938, at the Beth Israel Hospital in Boston, we used the sign [of a woman putting on her lipstick voluntarily] daily to predict which female patients were ready for discharge after surgery." [101]
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    (1) The "lipstick-on-teeth" sign in Sjogren's syndrome [letter].
  Ruiz-Arguelles GJ.   N Engl J Med 1986 Oct 16;315(16):1030-1.  Pubmed  Similars
    (2) Xerostomia (Sjogren's syndrome) associated with unusual dental caries. Report of a case.
  Jacobson FL.   Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol 1966 Jan;21(1):34-8.  Pubmed  Similars
    (3) Dry mouth and delayed dissolution of sublingual nitroglycerin [letter].
  Robbins LJ.   N Engl J Med 1983 Oct 20;309(16):985.  Pubmed  Similars
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    101.Is history repeating itself?.
  Anonymous.   Cortlandt Forum. June 1989;42.
    102.Decreased salivary epidermal growth factor in rheumatoid disease: a possible mechanism for increased susceptibility to gastric ulceration [see comments].
  Kelly SM, Crampton J, et al.   BMJ 1990 Sep 1;301(6749):422-3.  Pubmed  Similars
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