Gustatory impairment in patients undergoing head and neck irradiation

Laryngoscope

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 24-31

  Mirza, Natasha ^a   Machtay, Mitchell ^b   Devine, Pamela A ^c   Troxel, Andrea ^a   Abboud, Soo K ^a   Doty, Richard L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dysgeusia; Radiation; Taste; Taste pores; Videomicroscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSGEUSIA; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASTE BUD; TASTE DISCRIMINATION;

EID: 37549060660     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLG.0b013e318155a276     Document Type: Article

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