Abstract | BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: METHODS: We studied 371 Japanese patients with MG (127 men and 244 women; mean age, 56.6±16.9years) consecutively evaluated between May and September 2010 in six neurological centers comprising the East Japan MG Study Group. Ninety-three patients (25%) had thymoma. We interviewed all patients to determine whether they had taste disorders during the clinical course of MG and then further evaluated the patients with MG, who reported having taste disorders, using a questionnaire. RESULTS: CONCLUSIONS: This was the first systematic survey of taste disorders in patients with MG by a multicenter study. Taste disorders were more common in the present sample of patients with MG than in the general population.
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Authors | C Kabasawa, Y Shimizu, S Suzuki, M Masuda, Y Nagane, K Utsugisawa, Y Suzuki, H Utsumi, K Fujihara, N Suzuki, S Uchiyama |
Journal | European journal of neurology
(Eur J Neurol)
Vol. 20
Issue 1
Pg. 205-7
(Jan 2013)
ISSN: 1468-1331 [Electronic] England |
PMID | 22469332
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Multicenter Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Copyright | © 2012 The Author(s). European Journal of Neurology © 2012 EFNS. |
Topics |
- Adult
- Aged
- Cooperative Behavior
- Female
- Humans
- Japan
(epidemiology)
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Myasthenia Gravis
(complications, epidemiology)
- Prevalence
- Taste Disorders
(complications, epidemiology)
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