Anosmia and ageusia
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Loss of smell (anosmia) and taste (ageusia) in a patient treated with pegylated interferon alfa and ribavirin.
INTRODUCTION Anosmia, the loss of the sense of smell, is a rare adverse event associated with interferon alpha (INF-α). Millions of patients with hepatitis B and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection are currently treated with INF-alfa-2a daily. Only 5 cases of anosmia have been reported in the literature, and none was associated with pegylated INF-alfa. CASE SUMMARY A 55-year-old Arab male (heig...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Dental Journal
سال: 2020
ISSN: 0007-0610,1476-5373
DOI: 10.1038/s41415-020-2009-5