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Taste Sensitivity to Phenylthiourea and Leprosy*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

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

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Taste thresholds for phenylthiourea were measured among 900 Caucasoid leprous patients and among 1000 healthy Caucasoid control males, of the State of São Paulo, Brazil.

The frequency of non-tasters among the leprous sample (19.7%) is significantly lower than that found among the healthy sample (24.7%). These results suggest a correlation between taste ability to phenylthourea and leprosy.

Type
Research Article
Information
Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae: twin research , Volume 13 , Issue 2 , April 1964 , pp. 193 - 196
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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