De Gustibus: Time scale of loss and recovery of tastes caused by radiotherapy

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 195-201

  Maes, Annelies ^a   Huygh, Ingrid ^b   Weltens, Caroline ^a   Vandevelde, Guy ^a   Delaere, Pierre ^a   Evers, Georges ^c   Van den Bogaert, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Algemeen Ziekenhuis Heilig Hart   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; Oral side effects; Radiotherapy; Taste loss

Indexed keywords

HYDROCHLORIC ACID; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUCROSE; UREA;

ADULT; AGEUSIA; ARTICLE; BITTER TASTE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION INJURY; SWEETNESS; TASTE ACUITY; TASTE DISCRIMINATION;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; RADIOTHERAPY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TASTE; TASTE DISORDERS; TASTE THRESHOLD;

EID: 0036285779     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(02)00025-7     Document Type: Article

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