Taste disorders in myasthenia gravis: A multicenter cooperative study

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 205-207

  Kabasawa, C ^a   Shimizu, Y ^a   Suzuki, S ^b   Masuda, M ^c   Nagane, Y ^d   Utsugisawa, K ^d   Suzuki, Y ^e   Utsumi, H ^c   Fujihara, K ^f   Suzuki, N ^b   Uchiyama, S ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Hanamaki General Hospital   (Japan)

^e SENDAI CITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^f TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Myasthenia gravis; Sweet taste; Taste disorder; Thymoma

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; BITTER TASTE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PLASMAPHERESIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALTY TASTE; SMELL AND TASTE PARAMETERS; SOUR TASTE; SWEETNESS; TASTE DISORDER; THYMOMA;

ADULT; AGED; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PREVALENCE; TASTE DISORDERS;

EID: 84871652859     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2012.03713.x     Document Type: Article

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