Effects of the nasal decongestant oxymetazoline on human olfactory and intranasal trigeminal function in acute rhinitis

European Journal of Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 521-528

  Hummel, T ^a,b   Rothbauer, C ^c   Pauli, E ^c   Kobal, G ^c  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Nasal congestion; Oxymetazoline

Indexed keywords

OXYMETAZOLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMON COLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRANASAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHINITIS; RHINOMETRY; SMELLING; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NASAL DECONGESTANTS; OLFACTORY NERVE; OXYMETAZOLINE; RHINITIS; SMELL; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

EID: 0031735947     PISSN: 00316970     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002280050507     Document Type: Article

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