What Is Different in COVID-19-Associated Olfactory Loss from Classical Postinfectious Olfactory Impairment?

Affiliations

¹ Rhinology-Olfactory Unit, Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland.
² 2nd Academic ORL Department, Papageorgiou Hospital, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece.
³ Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Massachusetts Eye and Ear/Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
⁴ Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium.
⁵ Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
⁶ Smell and Taste Clinic, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany.

Editorial

Basile Nicolas Landis et al. ORL J Otorhinolaryngol Relat Spec. 2023.

. 2023;85(5):245-247.

doi: 10.1159/000533228. Epub 2023 Aug 17.

¹ Rhinology-Olfactory Unit, Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland.
² 2nd Academic ORL Department, Papageorgiou Hospital, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece.
³ Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Massachusetts Eye and Ear/Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
⁴ Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium.
⁵ Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
⁶ Smell and Taste Clinic, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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