Olfactory dysfunction in leprosy

Laryngoscope

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 413-416

  Mishra, Anupam ^b,d   Saito, Kenji ^a,e,f   Barbash, Scott E ^a   Mishra, Nimisha ^c   Doty, Richard L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c HAHNEMANN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^e TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f and law in the military   (United States)

Author keywords

Anosmia; Hansen's Disease; Hyposmia; Leprosy; Olfaction; Smell dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE LEPROSY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEPROMATOUS LEPROSY; LEPROSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SMELLING; SMELLING DISORDER; SMOKING HABIT; TUBERCULOID LEPROSY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DISEASE COURSE; HOSPITALIZATION; ODOR; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEPROSY; MALE; OLFACTION DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SMELL;

EID: 33645505576     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.MLG.0000195001.03483.F2     Document Type: Article

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