Olfactory dysfunction: a diagnostic symptom of COVID-19

• Main Authors: Shaila Kabir, A B M Tofazzal Hossain, M. Tanveer Hossain Parash, Liew, Constance Sat Lin, Chandrika Murugaiah, A. H. M. Delwar, M. Alamgir Chowdhury
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Universiti Malaysia Sabah 2021
• Subjects: R Medicine (General)
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/27888/1/Olfactory%20dysfunction.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/27888/2/Olfactory%20dysfunction1.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/27888/; https://jurcon.ums.edu.my/ojums/index.php/bjms/article/view/2637/2117

Besides the common respiratory symptoms or viral pneumonia, COVID-19 is also presented with different neurological symptoms. Olfactory dysfunction (OD) or impairment of the sense of smell is one of the common neurological symptoms being reported in infection caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndro...