Taste disorders after tonsillectomy: Case report and literature review

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 233-236

  Collet, Stéphanie ^a   Rombaux, Philippe ^a   Eloy, Philippe ^a   Bertrand, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dysgeusia; Glossopharyngeal nerve; Tonsillectomy

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; RIBOFLAVIN; THIAMINE;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; DYSGEUSIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; MOUTH CAVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TASTE DISORDER; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 15044344859     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348940511400312     Document Type: Review

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