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Taste Sensitivity to Phenylthiourea and Drugs with anti-leprotic Effect*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

B. Beiguelman  and
M. B. Marques
B. Beiguelman
Affiliation:
Laboratório de Genética Médica, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Campinas & Divisão Técnica Auxiliar, Depto. Profil. da Lepra, Campinas, SP. (Brasil)
M. B. Marques
Affiliation:
Laboratório de Genética Médica, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Campinas & Divisão Técnica Auxiliar, Depto. Profil. da Lepra, Campinas, SP. (Brasil)

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The taste thresholds of 315 lepromatous patients confined more than four years in a Leprosarium was determined. These patients were ascribed to three clinical groups according to their clinical and bacilloscopical regression during the treatment.

The data obtained show no correlation between tasting and clinical conditions.

Type
Research Article
Information
Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae: twin research , Volume 13 , Issue 2 , April 1964 , pp. 200 - 202
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1964

Footnotes

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This work has been supported by grants from the World Health Organization and the Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo.

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