Olfactory and gustatory function impairment in COVID-19 patients: Italian objective multicenter-study.

Luigi Angelo VairaClaire HopkinsGiovanni SalzanoMarzia PetrocelliAndrea MelisMarco CucurulloMario FerrariLaura GagliardiniCarlotta PipoloGiovanna DeianaVito FioreAndrea De VitoNicola TurraSara CanuAngelantonio MaglioAntonello SerraFrancesco BussuGiordano MadedduSergio BabudieriAlessandro Giuseppe FoisPietro PirinaFrancesco A SalzanoPierluigi De RiuFederico BiglioliGiacomo De Riu

Published in: Head & neck (2020)

Patients under-report the frequency of chemosensitive disorders. Contrary to recent reports, such objective testing refutes the proposal that the presence of olfactory and gustatory dysfunction may predict a milder course, but instead suggests that those with more severe disease neglect such symptoms in the setting of severe respiratory disease.

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