Aminofeel® improves the sensitivity to taste in patients with HCV-infected liver disease

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Nagao, Yumiko ^a   Matsuoka, Hisako ^a   Kawaguchi, Takumi ^a   Sata, Michio ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aminofeel ; Branched chain amino acids (BCAA); Hepatitis C virus (HCV); Lichen planus; Taste disorder; Zinc

Indexed keywords

AMINOFEEL; BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID; INTERFERON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEDTIME DOSAGE; BITTER TASTE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LICHEN PLANUS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; SALTY TASTE; SOUR TASTE; SWEETNESS; TASTE; TASTE ACUITY; TASTE DISORDER; DRUG EFFECT; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIROLOGY;

AGED; AMINO ACIDS, BRANCHED-CHAIN; FEMALE; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TASTE; TASTE DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77954262937     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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