Diagnosis and management of olfactory disorders: Survey of UK-based consultants and literature review

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 121, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 713-720

  McNeill, E ^a,b   Ramakrishnan, Y ^a   Carrie, S ^a  

^a FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Olfaction Disorders; Smell; Therapy

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; BUDESONIDE; CAROVERINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FLUSINOLIDE; FLUTICASONE; GLUCONATE ZINC; MOMETASONE; MOMETASONE FUROATE; PLACEBO; PREDNISOLONE; STEROID; THIOCTIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC SULFATE;

ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ANOSMIA; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; HYPOSMIA; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; NOSE DISEASE; NOSE POLYP; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; PERENNIAL RHINITIS; POLYPECTOMY; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; RHINOSINUSITIS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SMELLING; SMELLING DISORDER; SURGEON; UNITED KINGDOM; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VIRUS INFECTION; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; OLFACTION DISORDERS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34447618781     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: 17485460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022215107006615     Document Type: Review

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