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. 2011:10:Doc04.
doi: 10.3205/cto000077. Epub 2012 Apr 26.

Smell and taste disorders

Thomas Hummel  1 , Basile N Landis, Karl-Bernd Hüttenbrink
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Smell and taste disorders

Thomas Hummel et al. GMS Curr Top Otorhinolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2011.

Abstract

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.

Keywords: anosmia; dysgeusia; flavor; gustation; olfaction.

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Table 1
Table 1. Features of post-trauma, post-viral/infection and sinunasal smell disorders
Table 2
Table 2. Relative degree of olfactory dysfunction associated with neurodegenerative diseases.
+++: high degree of smell loss; 0/(+): no smell loss or slight smell loss. The majority of the findings are based on studies on small groups of patients.
Table 3
Table 3. Medicines which may cause smell disorders
Table 4
Table 4. Medicines which may cause taste disorders
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