Effect of zinc sulfate on sensorineural olfactory disorder

Acta Oto-Laryngologica, Supplement

Volumn , Issue 538, 1998, Pages 202-204

  Aiba, Tsunemasa ^a,e   Sugiura, Midori ^b   Mori, Junko ^c   Matsumoto, Kohji ^a   Tomiyama, Kenta ^a   Okuda, Fumiyuki ^d   Nakai, Yoshiaki ^a  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^b PL Hospital   (Japan)

^c Tane General Hospital   (Japan)

^d Minami Osaka General Hospital   (Japan)

^e OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Improvement; Receptor cell; Regeneration; Supplementation; Trauma; Virus

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; VITAMIN B COMPLEX; ZINC SULFATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR POTENTIAL; SMELLING DISORDER; TASTE BUD; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ZINC DEFICIENCY; HEAD INJURY; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; HUMANS; OLFACTION DISORDERS; RECEPTORS, ODORANT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS DISEASES; ZINC SULFATE;

EID: 0031593527     PISSN: 03655237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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