MR evaluation of patients with congenital hyposmia or anosmia.
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MR evaluation of patients with congenital hyposmia or anosmia.
OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to evaluate patients with reduced or no sense of smell since birth for sites of abnormality by MR imaging. MATERIALS AND METHODS Twenty-five patients who reported no olfactory function since birth were evaluated by olfactory testing, sinonasal endoscopy, and MR imaging. Surface coil and head coil images of the olfactory bulbs, olfactory tracts, subfront...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Roentgenology
سال: 1996
ISSN: 0361-803X,1546-3141
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.166.2.8553963