Olfactory function in patients with postinfectious and posttraumatic smell disorders before and after treatment with vitamin A: A double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized clinical trial

Laryngoscope

Volumn 122, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1906-1909

  Reden, Jens ^a   Lill, Katja ^a   Zahnert, Thomas ^a   Haehner, Antje ^a   Hummel, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DRESDEN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anosmia; nose; olfactory loss; treatment

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; RETINOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ODOR; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; POSTINFECTIOUS OLFACTORY DYSFUNCTION; POSTTRAUMATIC OLFACTORY DYSFUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SMELLING DISORDER; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOSE; OLFACTION DISORDERS; OLFACTORY NERVE; REFERENCE VALUES; RHINITIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SMELL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN A; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865642104     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: 15314995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.23405     Document Type: Article

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