Lipoic acid in the treatment of smell dysfunction following viral infection of the upper respiratory tract

Laryngoscope

Volumn 112, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 2076-2080

  Hummel, Thomas ^a   Heilmann, Stefan ^a   Hüttenbriuk, Karl Bernd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DRESDEN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Olfaction; Regeneration; Therapy

Indexed keywords

PHENETHYL ALCOHOL; THIOCTIC ACID;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANOSMIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMELLING; SMELLING DISORDER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS INFECTION;

EID: 0036842547     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-200211000-00031     Document Type: Article

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