Acinar autolysis and mucous extravasation in human sublingual glands: a microscopic postmortem study

• Main Authors: Luciana Reis AZEVEDO-ALANIS (Author), Elen de Souza TOLENTINO (Author), Gerson Francisco de ASSIS (Author), Tânia Mary CESTARI (Author), Vanessa Soares LARA (Author), José Humberto DAMANTE (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: University of São Paulo, 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Although some morphological investigations on aged human sublingual glands (HSG) found eventual phenomena identified as autolysis and mucous extravasation, the exact meaning of these findings has not been elucidated.Objective The aim of this work is to investigate whether acinar autolysis and mucous...