The effect of a herbal combination of primrose, gentian root, vervain, elder flowers, and sorrel on olfactory function in patients with a sinonasal olfactory dysfunction

Rhinology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Reden, Jens ^a   El Hifnawi, D ^a   Zahnert, T ^a   Hummel, T ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hyposmia; Olfactory loss; Smell; Therapy

Indexed keywords

PLANT EXTRACT; SINUPRET;

ARTICLE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODOR; PHYTOTHERAPY; SINUSITIS; SMELLING DISORDER;

DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OLFACTION DISORDERS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; SINUSITIS; SMELL;

EID: 80051755266     PISSN: 03000729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4193/Rhino10.151     Document Type: Article

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