Altered taste in patients with COVID-19: The potential role of salivary glands.

Oral Dis

Department of Biomaterials and Oral Biology, Faculdade de Odontologia - Universidade de São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil.

Published: April 2021

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