Covid-19: A New Cause for Taste and Smell Dysfunction
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چکیده
Dysfunction of the sense smell and taste may have severeimpact on quality life overall health. Detection ofbad in local environment is a warning sign for aperson good pleasurable life. Similarlysense also very important pleasure toavoid intake hazardous meal or drink. Unfortunately,knowledge about dysfunction verylimited little work has been conducted this field.There long list disorders diseases that can affectand disturb olfactory gustatory functions, ranging fromthe to central neurological causes.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The journal of Bahria University Medical and Dental College
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['2617-9482', '2220-7562']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.51985/jbumdc2021071