Smell and autoimmunity: A comprehensive review

Clinical Reviews in Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 87-96

  Perricone, Carlo ^a   Shoenfeld, Netta ^b,c   Agmon Levin, Nancy ^b,c   De Carolis, Caterina ^d   Perricone, Roberto ^e   Shoenfeld, Yehuda ^b,c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antiphospholipid syndrome; Autoimmunity; Pregnancy; Smell; Systemic lupus erythematosus

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANGIONEUROTIC EDEMA; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BELL PALSY; BRAIN REGION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHROMOSOME 11; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; COMPLEMENT CLASSICAL PATHWAY; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSGEUSIA; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; HYPOSMIA; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MIKULICZ DISEASE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NOSE MUCOSA; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; ODOR; OLFACTORY BULBECTOMY; OLFACTORY CORTEX; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM; OLFACTORY RECEPTOR; ORBITAL CORTEX; PARKINSON DISEASE; PLASMA CELL; REVIEW; RHINITIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SEPTUM NUCLEUS; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SMELLING; SMELLING DISORDER; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SUBICULUM; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; XEROSTOMIA;

ANIMALS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; AUTOIMMUNITY; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS; HORMONES; HUMANS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; OLFACTION DISORDERS; RECEPTORS, ODORANT;

EID: 84880804247     PISSN: 10800549     EISSN: 15590267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12016-012-8343-x     Document Type: Review

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