Smell and taste disorders
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Smell and taste disorders
Disorders of the chemical senses are frequent. They can severely affect our lives. Appropriate testing is needed to determine the nature of the patient's complaints. Because many chemosensory disorders are secondary to a wide variety of diseases, olfactory or gustatory complaints may help in establishing certain differential diagnoses, e.g. in Alzheimer's disease. In turn, treatment of the unde...
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عنوان ژورنال: Facial Plastic Surgery Clinics of North America
سال: 2004
ISSN: 1064-7406
DOI: 10.1016/j.fsc.2004.04.006