Intranasal zinc and anosmia: The zinc-induced anosmia syndrome

Laryngoscope

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 217-220

  Alexander, Thomas H ^a   Davidson, Terence M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Olfaction disorders; Smell nose; Zinc compounds

Indexed keywords

ZINC; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; GLUCONIC ACID; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANOSMIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NOSE DISEASE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RHINITIS; SMELLING; SNIFFING; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; COMMON COLD; INTRANASAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMELLING DISORDER;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; ADULT; AGED; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; COMMON COLD; DRUGS, NON-PRESCRIPTION; FEMALE; GLUCONATES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OLFACTION DISORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33645783240     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlg.0000191549.17796.13     Document Type: Article

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