Taste and Taste Disorders

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Description

Publication Year: 2009
Type: Federal resource, Fact Sheet, 4 pages
Language: English
Website: http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/smelltaste/taste.asp

This brochure explains how the human sense of taste works, what taste disorders are, what causes them, how health professionals diagnose taste disorders, and what complications can arise in patients with taste disorders. It contains additional information on how these disorders are treated, what research is being done, and whom to contact for more information.

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Source

National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders Information Clearinghouse, NIDCD, NIH, HHS
1 Communication Avenue
Bethesda MD 20892-3456

Phone: 800-241-1044
Toll-free Phone: (800) 241-1044 (voice)