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Key articles

Whitcroft KL, Altundag A, Balungwe P, et al. Position paper on olfactory dysfunction: 2023. Rhinology. 2023 Oct 1;61(33):1-108.Full text  Abstract

Patel ZM, Holbrook EH, Turner JH, et al. International consensus statement on allergy and rhinology: olfaction. Int Forum Allergy Rhinol. 2022 Apr;12(4):327-680.Full text  Abstract

Miwa T, Ikeda K, Ishibashi T, et al. Clinical practice guidelines for the management of olfactory dysfunction - secondary publication. Auris Nasus Larynx. 2019 Oct;46(5):653-62.Full text  Abstract

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