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With regard to our manuscripts on the commercial saliva substitute, Oralbalance®—its formula has been changed

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  1. Division of Dental Hygienist, Clinical Support Department, Okayama University Hospital, Okayama, Japan

    Yuko Sugiura

  2. Division of Hospital Dentistry, Central Clinical Department, Okayama University Hospital, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Kita-ku, Okayama, 700-8525, Japan

    Yoshihiko Soga

  3. Division of Dentistry, National Sanatorium Oku-Komyoen, Okayama, Japan

    Ichiro Tanimoto

  4. Department of Global Health and Environmental Sciences, Oral Microbiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan

    Susumu Kokeguchi

  5. Department of Nursing, Kagawa University Hospital, Kagawa, Japan

    Sachiko Morishige-Nishide

  6. Department of Nursing, Sanyo Gakuen University, Okayama, Japan

    Kotoe Itami-Kono

  7. Department of Nursing, Okayama University Hospital, Okayama, Japan

    Kanayo Takahashi

  8. Department of Hematology, Oncology and Respiratory Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan

    Nobuharu Fujii & Mitsune Tanimoto

  9. Japanese Red Cross Tokyo Metropolitan Blood Center, Tokyo, Japan

    Fumihiko Ishimaru

  10. Department of Dentistry, Rakuwakai Otowa Hospital, Kyoto, Japan

    Kokoro Yamabe

  11. Kogita Dental Clinic, Izumisano, Osaka, Japan

    Soichiro Tsutani

  12. Department of Periodontology, Division of Oral Rehabilitation, Faculty of Dental Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

    Fusanori Nishimura

  13. Department of Pathophysiology - Periodontal Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Kita-ku, Okayama, 700-8525, Japan

    Shogo Takashiba

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Sugiura, Y., Soga, Y., Tanimoto, I. et al. With regard to our manuscripts on the commercial saliva substitute, Oralbalance®—its formula has been changed. Support Care Cancer 22, 3121–3122 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-014-2432-8

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