Loss of trigeminal sensitivity reduces olfactory function

Laryngoscope

Volumn 116, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1520-1522

  Husner, Alexander ^a,b   Frasnelli, Johannes ^a   Welge Lüssen, Antje ^b   Reiss, Gilfe ^a   Zahnert, Thomas ^a   Hummel, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DRESDEN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Irritation; Negative mucosal potential; Olfaction; Smell; Trigeminal function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENINGIOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OLFACTORY NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMELLING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TRIGEMINAL NERVE DISEASE; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SMELL; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

EID: 33746837291     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlg.0000225946.37489.4c     Document Type: Article

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