Treatment of postviral olfactory loss with glucocorticoids, Ginkgo biloba, and mometasone nasal spray

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 135, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1000-1004

  Seo, Beom Seok ^a   Lee, Hyun Jong ^a   Mo, Ji Hun ^a   Lee, Chul Hee ^b,c   Rhee, Chae Seo ^b,c   Kim, Jeong Whun ^a,c  

^a Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUTANOL; GINEXIN; GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; MOMETASONE FUROATE; PREDNISOLONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTVIRAL OLFACTORY LOSS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SMELLING; SMELLING DISORDER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; GINKGO BILOBA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OLFACTION DISORDERS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PREDNISOLONE; PREGNADIENEDIOLS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 70350474655     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: 08864470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archoto.2009.141     Document Type: Article

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