Effects of pentoxifylline on olfactory sensitivity: A postmarketing surveillance study

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 291-295

  Gudziol, Volker ^a   Hummel, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DRESDEN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENTOXIFYLLINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANOSMIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HYPOSMIA; MALE; NOSE AIRFLOW; OLFACTOMETER; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; SUPERIOR SAGITTAL SINUS;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LABYRINTH DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENTOXIFYLLINE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITORS; PRODUCT SURVEILLANCE, POSTMARKETING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHINOMANOMETRY; SMELL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63049128331     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: 08864470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archoto.2008.524     Document Type: Article

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