Bilateral hypogeusia caused by a small lesion in the lower midbrain tegmentum

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Hashimoto, Takao ^a   Doden, Tadashi ^a   Ono, Yusuke ^b   Uematsu, Takashi ^b  

^a Aizawa Hospital   (Japan)

^b MATSUMOTO DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIPLOPIA; DIZZINESS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOGEUSIA; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLURRED SPEECH; TASTE ACUITY; TASTE DISCRIMINATION; TEGMENTUM;

EID: 84867415681     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2012-006837     Document Type: Article

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