A short olfactory test based on the identification of three odors

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 257, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1316-1321

  Hummel, Thomas ^a   Pfetzing, Ute ^a   Lötsch, Jörn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DRESDEN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anosmia; Olfaction; Smell

Indexed keywords

PEPPERMINT; TURPENTINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANISE; ANOSMIA; APPLE; ARTICLE; BANANA; CINNAMON; CLOVE; COFFEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; FISH; GARLIC; GLYCYRRHIZA; HUMAN; HYPOSMIA; LEMON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; ORANGE (FRUIT); PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PINEAPPLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROSE; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMELL TEST; SMELLING; SMELLING DISORDER; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, NEUROLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODORS; OLFACTION DISORDERS; OLFACTORY PATHWAYS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMELL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955917556     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-010-5516-5     Document Type: Article

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