Gustatory function after tonsillectomy

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 133, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 668-671

  Mueller, Christian A ^a   Khatib, Saher ^a   Landis, Basile N ^b   Temmel, Andreas F P ^a   Hummel, Thomas ^c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DRESDEN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BITTER TASTE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERVIEW; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF EVALUATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWEETNESS; TASTE; TASTE DISCRIMINATION; TASTE DISORDER; TELEPHONE; TONGUE; TONSILLECTOMY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TASTE; TASTE THRESHOLD; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 34447521734     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: 08864470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.133.7.668     Document Type: Article

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