Smell and taste disorders

Smell and taste disorders can markedly affect the quality of life. In recent years we have become much better in the assessment of the ability to smell and taste. In addition, information is now available to say something about the prognosis of individual patients. With regard to therapy there also...

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Autores principales: Hummel, Thomas, Landis, Basile N., Hüttenbrink, Karl-Bernd
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3341581/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22558054
http://dx.doi.org/10.3205/cto000077
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Sumario:Smell and taste disorders can markedly affect the quality of life. In recent years we have become much better in the assessment of the ability to smell and taste. In addition, information is now available to say something about the prognosis of individual patients. With regard to therapy there also seems to be low but steady progress. Of special importance for the treatment is the ability of the olfactory epithelium to regenerate.

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