Taste disorders: A survey of the examination methods and treatments used in Japan

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 125, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1203-1210

  Ikeda, Minoru ^a   Aiba, Tsunemasa ^b   Ikui, Akihiro ^a   Inokuchi, Akira ^c   Kurono, Yuichi ^d   Sakagami, Masafumi ^e   Takeda, Noriaki ^f   Tomita, Hiroshi ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b OSAKA CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Loss of taste; Survey; Taste examination; Therapy; Zinc administration

Indexed keywords

POLAPREZINC;

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; GUSTATORY SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JAPAN; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TASTE DISORDER;

CARNOSINE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TASTE DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMINS; ZINC SULFATE;

EID: 29144481740     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016480510040173     Document Type: Conference Paper

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