Dysgeusia in COVID-19: Possible Mechanisms and Implications

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¹ Professor of Clinical Oral Medicine (Emerita), University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, USA.
² Private Practice in Oral Medicine, Mountain View, CA, USA.
³ Glasgow Dental School & Hospital, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom.
⁴ Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.

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Francina Lozada-Nur et al. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol. 2020 Sep.

. 2020 Sep;130(3):344-346.

doi: 10.1016/j.oooo.2020.06.016. Epub 2020 Jun 27.

¹ Professor of Clinical Oral Medicine (Emerita), University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, USA.
² Private Practice in Oral Medicine, Mountain View, CA, USA.
³ Glasgow Dental School & Hospital, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom.
⁴ Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.

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