Isolated congenital anosmia with morphologically normal olfactory bulb in two Iranian families: A new clinical entity?

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 307-309

  Ghadami, Mohsen ^a,b,f,g   Majidzadeh A, Keyvan ^c   Morovvati, Saeid ^d   Damavandi, Elia ^d   Nishimura, Gen ^e   Komatsu, Kazuki ^a   Kinoshita, Akira ^a   Najafi, Mohammad Taghi ^c   Niikawa, Norio ^a,f   Yoshiura, Koh Ichiro ^a,f  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c AVICENNA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

^d BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e Tokyo Metropolitan Children's Hospital   (Japan)

^f JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^g BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autosomal dominant inheritance; Congenital anosmia; Iranian family; Kallmann syndrome; Neurological disorder; Olfactory bulb; Smell testing

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN;

ADULT; ANOSMIA; APLASIA; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM; INHERITANCE; IRAN; KALLMANN SYNDROME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM; OLFACTORY NERVE; OLFACTORY TRACT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMELLING DISORDER;

IRANIA;

EID: 2542505706     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.30025     Document Type: Article

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