Exploring the Clinical Utility of Gustatory Dysfunction (GD) as a Triage Symptom Prior to Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) in the Diagnosis of COVID-19: A Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review

Background: The diagnosis of COVID-19 is made using reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) but its sensitivity varies from 20 to 100%. The presence of gustatory dysfunction (GD) in a patient with upper respiratory tract symptoms might increase the clinical suspicion of COVID-19. Ai...

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Autores principales: Pang, Khang Wen, Tham, Sher-Lyn, Ng, Li Shia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Review
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8706269/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34947846
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/life11121315

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8706269/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34947846
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/life11121315

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