Complaints of olfactory disorders: Epidemiology, assessment and clinical implications

Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 10-15

  Nordin, Steven ^a,b   Brämerson, Annika ^c  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Etiology; Loss in sensitivity; Parosmia; Phantosmia; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARANASAL SINUS DISEASE; PAROSMIA; PHANTOSMIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SMELLING DISORDER; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; HUMANS; OLFACTION DISORDERS; PARANASAL SINUS DISEASES; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 38049129668     PISSN: 15284050     EISSN: 14736322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACI.0b013e3282f3f473     Document Type: Review

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