The management of idiopathic olfactory hallucinations: A study of two patients

Laryngoscope

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 879-881

  Majumdar, S ^b   Jones, N S ^a   McKerrow, W S ^b   Scadding, G ^b  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Hallucination; Olfaction; Phantosmia; Smell

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DOSULEPIN; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID; ZINC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CONTROL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MIGRAINE; NOSE DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OLFACTORY HALLUCINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; FEMALE; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PHENYTOIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 0038303129     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-200305000-00019     Document Type: Article

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