Clinical significance of olfactory event-related potentials related to orthonasal and retronasal olfactory testing

Laryngoscope

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1096-1101

  Rombaux, Philippe ^a   Bertrand, Bernard ^a   Keller, Thomas ^b   Mouraux, André ^c  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^b ACOMED Statistik   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Olfaction; Olfactory event related potential; Orthonasal testing; Retronasal testing; Smell

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ANOSMIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; HYPOSMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE POLYP; ODOR; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SMELLING; SNIFFING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OLFACTION DISORDERS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

EID: 34249901558     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLG.0b013e31804d1d0d     Document Type: Article

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