A test for measuring gustatory function

Laryngoscope

Volumn 118, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1411-1416

  Smutzer, Gregory ^a,b   Lam, Si ^a   Hastings, Lloyd ^c   Desai, Hetvi ^a   Abarintos, Ray A ^a   Sobel, Marc ^d   Sayed, Nabil ^a  

^a Temple University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c Osmic Enterprises   (United States)

^d TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gustation; Hydroxypropyl methylcellulose; Pullulan; Sweet taste; Taste test

Indexed keywords

PULLULAN; QUININE; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; SUCROSE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BITTER TASTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLAME PHOTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; GUSTATORY SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MOUTH CAVITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SWEETNESS; TASTE ACUITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUE; TEST STRIP;

ADULT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUININE; REAGENT STRIPS; REFERENCE VALUES; SUCROSE; TASTE THRESHOLD;

EID: 49649105796     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLG.0b013e31817709a0     Document Type: Article

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