What is the correlation between ratings and measures of olfactory function in patients with olfactory loss?

American Journal of Rhinology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 567-571

  Welge Leussen, Antje ^a   Hummel, Thomas ^b   Stojan, Tomislav ^a   Wolfensberger, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DRESDEN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANOSMIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HYPOSMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SCREENING TEST; SMELLING; SMELLING DISORDER; SNIFFIN STICK TEST; SNIFFING; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 30944458780     PISSN: 10506586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/194589240501900606     Document Type: Article

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