A zinc-containing compound, Polaprezinc, is effective for patients with taste disorders: Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multi-center study

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 129, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1115-1120

  Sakagami, Masafumi ^a   Ikeda, Minoru ^b   Tomita, Hiroshi ^b   Ikui, Akihiro ^b   Aiba, Tsunemasa ^c   Takeda, Noriaki ^d   Inokuchi, Akira ^e   Kurono, Yuichi ^f   Nakashima, Mitsuyoshi ^g   Shibasaki, Yuji ^h   Yotsuya, Osamu ^h  

^a HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c OSAKA CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^e SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^h ZERIA PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Loss of taste; New treatment modality; Zinc administration

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; POLAPREZINC; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; ZINC;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ADULT; AGED; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIDE EFFECT; STOMACH DISCOMFORT; TASTE ACUITY; TASTE DISORDER; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-ULCER AGENTS; CARNOSINE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; TASTE DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT; ZINC; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 70350456123     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: 16512553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016480802552550     Document Type: Article

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