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. 2018 May-Jun;6(3):1078-1080.
doi: 10.1016/j.jaip.2017.09.014. Epub 2017 Oct 18.

Bitter and sweet taste tests are reflective of disease status in chronic rhinosinusitis

Alan D Workman  1 , Steven G Brooks  1 , Michael A Kohanski  1 , Mariel T Blasetti  1 , Beverly J Cowart  2 , Corrine Mansfield  2 , David W Kennedy  1 , James N Palmer  1 , Nithin D Adappa  1 , Danielle R Reed  2 , Noam A Cohen  3
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Bitter and sweet taste tests are reflective of disease status in chronic rhinosinusitis

Alan D Workman et al. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2018 May-Jun.
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Conflict of Interest: The senior author (NAC) and penultimate author (DRR) have a patent pending “Therapy and Diagnostics for Respiratory Infection.”

Comment in

  • A Taste of Things to Come?
    Scadding GK. Scadding GK. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2018 May-Jun;6(3):1081-1082. doi: 10.1016/j.jaip.2017.09.006. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2018. PMID: 29747971 No abstract available.

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