Main causes and diagnostic evaluation in patients with primary complaint of olfactory disturbances

INTRODUCTION: Establishing a diagnosis in patients with olfactory disturbances has always been challenging for physicians.One reason for this is the rarity of some of the diseases that affect this sense, such as Kallmann's syndrome and post-viral olfactory loss. OBJECTIVE: To identify the...

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Main Authors: Marco Aurélio Fornazieri, Bruno Barros Pinto Borges, Thiago Freire Pinto Bezerra, Fábio de Rezende Pinna, Richard Louis Voegels
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-06-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1808-86942014000300202&lng=en&tlng=en