Effects of radiotherapy on the sense of taste

Practica Otologica

Volumn 94, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 617-625

  Umeyama, Masayoshi ^a   Suzaki, Harumi ^a  

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Author keywords

Filter paper disc method; Head and neck cancer; Impairment of the sense of taste; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042412637     PISSN: 00326313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5631/jibirin.94.617     Document Type: Article

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