Clinical and physiological investigations in patients with taste abnormality

Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 38-43

  Osaki, Tokio ^a   Ohshima, Masashi ^a   Tomita, Yukinobu ^a   Matsugi, Noriko ^a   Nomura, Yuka ^a  

^a KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Candidiasis; Dysgeusia; Hypogeusia; Hyposalivation; Iron deficiency

Indexed keywords

COPPER; IRON; ZINC;

ADULT; AGED; AGEUSIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BLOOD; CANDIDA; DRUG THERAPY; DYSGEUSIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SALIVA; SECRETION; TASTE ACUITY; THRUSH; XEROSTOMIA;

ADULT; AGED; AGEUSIA; CANDIDA; CANDIDIASIS, ORAL; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; COPPER; DRUG THERAPY; DYSGEUSIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SALIVA; SECRETORY RATE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TASTE THRESHOLD; XEROSTOMIA; ZINC;

EID: 0029678428     PISSN: 09042512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0714.1996.tb01221.x     Document Type: Article

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