Detection and recognition thresholds to the 4 basic tastes in Mexican patients with primary Sögren's syndrome

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 629-636

  Gomez, F E ^a,b   Cassi Nosthas L ^a   Morales de Leon J C ^a   Bourges, H ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Dysgeusia; Primary Sj gren's syndrome; Saliva; Saxon's test; Taste; Thresholds

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BITTER TASTE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSGEUSIA; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRIEND; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MEXICO; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PEPPER; RELATIVE; RHEUMATOLOGY; SALIVATION; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SPICE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWEETNESS; TASTE ACUITY; VOLUNTEER;

CAPSICUM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DYSGEUSIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; SALIVA; SJOGREN'S SYNDROME; TASTE THRESHOLD;

CAPSICUM;

EID: 9644278631     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1601858     Document Type: Article

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