The candy smell test in clinical routine

American Journal of Rhinology and Allergy

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Haxel, Boris R ^a   Bertz Duffy, Shannon ^a   Faldum, Andreas ^a   Trellakis, Sokrates ^a   Stein, Bernhard ^a   Renner, Bertold ^b   Kobal, Gerd ^b   Letzel, Stephan ^a   Mann, Wolf J ^a   Muttray, Axel ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANOSMIA; ARTICLE; CANDY SMELL TEST; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOSMIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENSORY SYSTEM EXAMINATION; SMELLING DISORDER; SNIFFIN STICKS TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CANDY; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OLFACTION DISORDERS; PARANASAL SINUSES; REFERENCE VALUES; SMELL;

EID: 79960440911     PISSN: 19458924     EISSN: 19458932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2500/ajra.2011.25.3611     Document Type: Article

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