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H Spinar

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PubMed1977

Loss of taste in the elderly: sex differences.

The sensation of taste was tested in 280 normal people of all ages and both sexes. The sensitivity for the basic tastes decreased with increasing age, but more in men than in women; there was no sex difference in people under the age of 40. The different smoking habits of men and women did not explain this finding. It is suggested that there is a sex-specific decrease in the taste sensitivity with aging.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1975

ATP-atp.

It has been known for some years that intra-arterial application of ATP as well as the only treatment with hyperbaric Oxygen is able to influence favorably a sudden hearing loss. In this study the combined application of both agents was used optimally. Up to now only few cases could be treated. The three above mentioned patients have shown remarkable results. A patient with a long lasting sensorineural hearing loss is especially interesting and this is the reason why we now publish the results gathered up to now.

Adenosine Triphosphate↗
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[Clinical and experimental use of ATP in internal ear diseases].

Intra-arterial ATP infusions with glucose and hyaluronidase were successful in 267 patients suffering from various inner ear disturbances but particularly in sudden deafness. Good clinical results were noted not only in early-treated but also in later cases. Recently, we have also used ATP with hyperbaric oxygen, being successful in cases which were previously treated without improvement. Investigations in guinea-pigs, using artificial hypoxia as a model for human sudden deafness failed because the patterns are not the same. So long as an increase of ATP in the cochlear cells cannot be demonstrated after the i.a. infusions, only an unspecific mechanism can be held responsible for the undoubted clinical successes.

Adenosine Triphosphate↗