BACKGROUND The aim of the study was to investigate odor identification performance in patients one year after hospital admittance due to stroke. Predictors for olfactory dysfunction were investigated as well as self-reported olfactory function and pleasantness of olfactory items. METHODS A 1-year prospective study was performed. Stroke location, classification and comorbidities were registere...

Until recently, little was known about the onset of olfactory function in humans or about the nature of alterations In smell function across the lifespan. Unequivocal answers to such basic questions as to whether neonates can detect odorants (Independent of trigeminal stimulation) or to what degree smell ability declines In old age were not available. During the last decade a number of behavior...

Background: The novel Corona virus (SARS COV-2) causes respiratory tract infection that has been labeled as Covid-19. It was declared a pandemic by WHO on 30th of January 2020. So far, COVID-19 involved 218 countries and territories with 135,338,376 total cases 2,929,315 deaths. This severe distress syndrome usually present dry cough, fever, distress, myalgia. Interestingly, patients have shown...

BACKGROUND Patients undergoing any type of nasal surgery may experience degrees of postoperative olfactory dysfunction. We sought to investigate "when" the olfactory function recovers to its preoperative levels. METHODS In this cohort design, 40 of 65 esthetic open rhinoplasty candidates with equal gender distribution, who met the inclusion criteria, were assessed for their olfactory function...

Aims Isolated gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) deficiency (IGD) is characterized by delayed or absent sexual development associated with low gonadotropin and sex steroid levels. IGD is classified as Kallmann syndrome (KS) with anosmia and normosmic idiopathic hypogonadotropic hypogonadism (nIHH). This study was undertaken to investigate clinical and endocrinological profiles in patients wi...