Detection and recognition thresholds to the 4 basic tastes in Mexican patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome

• Published in: European journal of clinical nutrition Vol. 58; no. 4; pp. 629 - 636
• Main Authors: GOMEZ, F. E, CASSIS-NOSTHAS, L, MORALES-DE-LEON, J. C, BOURGES, H
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basingstoke Nature Publishing 01.04.2004; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: Acuity; Autoimmune diseases; Biological and medical sciences; Bitter taste; Capsicum - adverse effects; Case-Control Studies; Clinical nutrition; Diet; Dysgeusia - diagnosis; Dysgeusia - etiology; Female; Females; Food processing; Food technology; Humans; Immunology; Infiltration; Medical sciences; Mexico; Middle Aged; Patients; Peppers; Perception; Recognition; Rheumatology; Saliva; Saliva - secretion; Salivary gland; Salivary glands; Sarcoidosis. Granulomatous diseases of unproved etiology. Connective tissue diseases. Elastic tissue diseases. Vasculitis; Sensory perception; Sjogren's syndrome; Sjogren's Syndrome - complications; Sjogren's Syndrome - physiopathology; Sour taste; Sweet taste; Taste; Taste acuity; Taste disorders; Taste perception; Taste Threshold; Thresholds; Vegetables; Xerostomia; South America; Central America; Mexico; Chile; America; taste; Autoimmune disease; Food science; dysgeusia; Inflammatory disease; Systemic disease; Primary; Sweet taste; Saxon's test; Hospital; Consumption; Human; Immunopathology; primary Sjögren's syndrome; Digestive system; Stomatology; Salivary gland; Long term; Sjögren syndrome; Feeding; saliva; Oral cavity; Eye disease; Chronic; thresholds; Diet; Food technology; Perception; Infiltration; Detection

Primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS) is a chronic autoimmune disease characterized by inflammatory lymphocytic infiltration of the salivary glands, leading to dryness of the mouth (xerostomia). It has been postulated that xerostomia is the preceding stage for the development of alterations in taste...