Shankar Akhil Anilkumar, Dandekar Rishikesh Chandrasen
Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, YMT Dental College, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai--410210, India.
Dent Update. 2012 Oct;39(8):566-8, 571-2. doi: 10.12968/denu.2012.39.8.566.
Saliva is the most easily available and accessible body fluid, which makes it one of the most sought after tools in diagnostic pathology. Markers expressed in saliva can be used for diagnosis and concurrent patient follow-up of diseases ranging from hereditary disorders to infections, as well as malignancies and also analysis of therapeutic levels of drugs. The emergence of hand-held devices has made possible the elucidation of point-of-care methods and research in the field has resulted in the assimilation of knowledge useful for clinical applications.
This article describes some of the latest research in saliva diagnostics and provides some information on the various hand-held devices available.
唾液是最容易获取的体液，这使其成为诊断病理学中最受追捧的工具之一。唾液中表达的标志物可用于从遗传性疾病到感染、恶性肿瘤等各种疾病的诊断及患者同期随访，还可用于药物治疗水平分析。手持设备的出现使即时护理方法的阐明成为可能，该领域的研究已促成了对临床应用有用的知识的融合。
本文介绍了唾液诊断方面的一些最新研究，并提供了有关现有各种手持设备的一些信息。
