Zinc deficiency in patients with idiopathic taste impairment with regard to angiotensin converting enzyme activity

Auris Nasus Larynx

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 425-428

  Takeda, Noriaki ^a   Takaoka, Tsukasa ^a   Ueda, Chizuru ^a   Toda, Naoki ^a   Kalubi, Bukasa ^a   Yamamoto, Shigeru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angiotensin converting enzyme; Taste impairment; Zinc deficiency

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE;

ABSORPTION SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSGEUSIA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPOGEUSIA; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; IN VITRO STUDY; TASTE DISORDER; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

EID: 9644275345     PISSN: 03858146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0385-8146(04)00142-7     Document Type: Article

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