title: TASTE SENSITIVITY TO PHENYLTHIOUREA IN GLAUCOMA.
abstract: In a series of Caucasian patients over the age of 40 years, the number of individuals unable to recognize the bitter taste of phenylthiourea (8.1 mg/100 ml) was found to be 28 percent in a "normal" eye clinic population (446 individuals), 17 percent in a series of 155 patients with angleclosure glaucoma, and 53 percent in 211 patients with primary open-angle glaucoma.
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research; D003933:Diagnosis; D005853:Geriatrics; D005901:Glaucoma; D005902:Glaucoma, Open-Angle; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010670:Phenylthiourea; D013649:Taste; D013890:Thiourea; D044465:White People
chemical_list: D010670:Phenylthiourea; D013890:Thiourea
keywords: CAUCASIAN RACE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DIAGNOSIS; GERIATRICS; GLAUCOMA; MIDDLE AGE; PHENYLTHIOUREA; TASTE; THIOUREA