A study about the frequency of taste disorders

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 258, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 386-392

  Welge Lüssen, Antje ^a   Dörig, Patrick ^a   Wolfensberger, Markus ^a   Krone, Franziska ^b   Hummel, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DRESDEN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Disorder; Frequency; Misinterpretation; Taste; Taste strips

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGEUSIA; ARTICLE; BITTER TASTE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOGEUSIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICAL TASTE TEST; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SWEETNESS; TASTE; TASTE ACUITY; TASTE DISORDER; TASTE PREFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGEUSIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TASTE; TASTE DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953795887     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-010-5763-5     Document Type: Article

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