Altered taste in patients with COVID-19: The potential role of salivary glands
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Marlus da Silva Pedrosa
Department of Biomaterials and Oral Biology, Faculdade de Odontologia – Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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Marlus da Silva Pedrosa, Departmento de Biomaterais e Biologia Oral of Biomaterials and Oral Biology – Faculdade de Odontologia – Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes, 2227 – Cidade Universitária, São Paulo – SP – Braszil – 05508-900.
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Search for more papers by this authorCarla Renata Sipert
Departament of Restorative Dentistry, Faculdade de Odontologia – Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Contribution: Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorFernando Neves Nogueira
Department of Biomaterials and Oral Biology, Faculdade de Odontologia – Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Contribution: Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing
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Marlus da Silva Pedrosa
Department of Biomaterials and Oral Biology, Faculdade de Odontologia – Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Correspondence
Marlus da Silva Pedrosa, Departmento de Biomaterais e Biologia Oral of Biomaterials and Oral Biology – Faculdade de Odontologia – Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Av. Prof. Lineu Prestes, 2227 – Cidade Universitária, São Paulo – SP – Braszil – 05508-900.
Email: [email protected]
Contribution: Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorCarla Renata Sipert
Departament of Restorative Dentistry, Faculdade de Odontologia – Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Contribution: Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing - review & editing
Search for more papers by this authorFernando Neves Nogueira
Department of Biomaterials and Oral Biology, Faculdade de Odontologia – Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Contribution: Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing
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