Altered taste and stroke: A case report and literature review

Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 78-86

  Dutta, Tara M ^a   Josiah, Anne F ^b   Cronin, Carolyn A ^a   Wittenberg, George F ^a,c   Cole, John W ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

dysgeusia; nutrition; rehabilitation; stroke; taste disorder

Indexed keywords

TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

AGED; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COGNITION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSGEUSIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; REVIEW; SPEECH THERAPY; TASTE DISORDER;

EID: 84872975386     PISSN: 10749357     EISSN: 19455119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1310/tsr2001-78     Document Type: Review

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