A sodium chloride-deficient diet and a control diet were supplemented with different amounts of sodium chloride and fed to rats. The effects of these treatments over different experimental periods were observed on salivary glandular tissue by gross and histological methods. Weight, reversible and irreversible histologic changes, and sialolithiasis are reported.
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