Salivary aquaporin-3 as a screening biomarker for xerostomia in patients with periodontal disease and the effects of xerostomia on oral health-related quality of life

• Saira Atif,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations School of Dental Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia Health Campus, Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia, Combined Military Hospital Lahore Medical College & Institute of Dentistry, National University of Medical Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9794-1020

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• Norsila Abdul Wahab ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: norsila@usm.my

  Affiliation School of Dental Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia Health Campus, Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0200-5756

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• Sarah Ghafoor,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Oral Biology, University of Health Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan

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• Ahmad Azlina,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Dental Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia Health Campus, Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia

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• Ambreen Tauseef,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Combined Military Hospital Lahore Medical College & Institute of Dentistry, National University of Medical Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan

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• Sadia Rana,

  Roles Resources, Software

  Affiliation Department of Oral Biology, Sharif Medical and Dental College, Lahore, Pakistan

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• Muhammad Qasim Saeed

  Roles Resources

  Affiliation Combined Military Hospital Lahore Medical College & Institute of Dentistry, National University of Medical Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan

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