Clinical characteristics associated with persistent olfactory and taste alterations in COVID-19: A preliminary report on 121 patients

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¹ Department of Neuroscience DNS, University of Padova, Audiology Unit at Treviso Hospital, Treviso, Italy. Electronic address: andrea.lovato.3@hotmail.it.
² Department of Adult and Development Age Human Pathology "Gaetano Barresi", University of Messina, Unit of Otorhinolaryngology, Messina, Italy.
³ Department of Neuroscience DNS, University of Padova, Audiology Unit at Treviso Hospital, Treviso, Italy.

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Andrea Lovato et al. Am J Otolaryngol. 2020 Sep-Oct.

. 2020 Sep-Oct;41(5):102548.

doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2020.102548. Epub 2020 May 26.

¹ Department of Neuroscience DNS, University of Padova, Audiology Unit at Treviso Hospital, Treviso, Italy. Electronic address: andrea.lovato.3@hotmail.it.
² Department of Adult and Development Age Human Pathology "Gaetano Barresi", University of Messina, Unit of Otorhinolaryngology, Messina, Italy.
³ Department of Neuroscience DNS, University of Padova, Audiology Unit at Treviso Hospital, Treviso, Italy.

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Keywords: COVID-19; Prognosis; Risk factors; SARS-CoV-2; Smell; Taste.

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