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Taste Sensitivity to Phenylthiourea Among Leprosy and Filarial Patients in Coastal Andhra Pradesh

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

B.R. Busi
B.R. Busi*
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, Andhra University, Waltair, AP, India
*
Department of Anthropology, Andhra University, Waltair, AP, India

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Taste blindness for PTC has been studied in (a) 416 leprosy patients and 424 healthy subjects, and (b) 261 filarial patients and 136 normal individuals of both sexes. A significant difference was found between leprosy patients and the healthy control group in the proportion of nontasters (χ2 = 4.096, for 1 DF, P〈0.05). No significant difference could be observed between the filariasis and the control group (χ2 = 0.605, for 1 DF, P〉0.30).

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Research Article
Information
Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae: twin research , Volume 21 , Issue 4 , October 1972 , pp. 332 - 336
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1972

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