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Gene Therapy for Radiation-Induced Salivary Hypofunction

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I am extremely grateful to the Intramural Research Program of the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research for supporting my research and enabling everything that is mentioned in this chapter. I am also extremely grateful to my many wonderful colleagues at NIH and elsewhere who worked so hard to make a 1991 vision into a clinical reality.

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Baum, B.J. (2017). Gene Therapy for Radiation-Induced Salivary Hypofunction. In: Ferreira, J., Fricton, J., Rhodus, N. (eds) Orofacial Disorders. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-51508-3_10

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