ALTERATION OF TASTE BUDS IN EXPERIMENTAL CIRRHOSIS. Is there correlation with human hypogeusia?
ABSTRACT Background The inherent complications of cirrhosis include protein-calorie malnutrition and micronutrient deficiencies.Changes in taste are detrimental to the nutritional status, and the mechanism to explain these changes is not well documented in the cirrhotic patients. Objective To eval...
Main Authors: | , , , , |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Instituto Brasileiro de Estudos e Pesquisas de Gastroenterologia (IBEPEGE)
|
Series: | Arquivos de Gastroenterologia |
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-28032016000400278&lng=en&tlng=en |