Diagnosis and clinical characteristics of congenital anosmia: Case series report

Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 723-731

  Qu, Qiuyi ^a   Liu, Jianfeng ^b   Ni, Daofeng ^c   Zhang, Qiuhang ^b   Yang, Dazhang ^b   Wang, Naya ^b   Wu, Xueyan ^c   Han, Honglei ^b  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA JAPAN FRIENDSHIP HOSPITAL   (China)

^c PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

CHARGE syndrome; Congenital anosmia; Diagnosis; Isolated anosmia; Kallmann syndrome; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOSMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHOANA ATRESIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOPLASIA; KALLMANN SYNDROME; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNDROME CHARGE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OLFACTION DISORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650212994     PISSN: 19160216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7070.2010.090262     Document Type: Article

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