Post-infectious olfactory dysfunction exhibits a seasonal pattern

Rhinology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 135-139

  Konstantinidis, I ^a   Haehner, A ^a   Frasnelli, J ^a   Reden, J ^a   Quante, G ^b   Damm, M ^b   Hummel, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DRESDEN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anosmia; Hyposmia; Post infectious; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NONHUMAN; NOSE MUCOSA; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PARAINFLUENZA VIRUS 3; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SMELLING DISORDER; SPRING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRAL RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OLFACTION DISORDERS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS;

EID: 33745006210     PISSN: 03000729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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