Anosmia in Case of COVID-19 Patients: Dilemmas Faced in Neurotrauma Care

Luis Rafael Moscote-Salazar; Tariq Janjua; Pilar Bosque-Varela; Amit Agrawal

doi:10.1055/s-0041-1729351

Indian Journal of Neurotrauma, Inhaltsverzeichnis

CC BY 4.0 · Indian Journal of Neurotrauma 2023; 20(01): 055-056
DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1729351

Letter to the Editor

Anosmia in Case of COVID-19 Patients: Dilemmas Faced in Neurotrauma Care

Luis Rafael Moscote-Salazar

¹Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria

²Department of Neurosurgery, Center of Biomedical Research, University of Cartagena, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia

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Tariq Janjua

³Regions Hospital, Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States

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Pilar Bosque-Varela

¹Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria

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Amit Agrawal

⁴Department of Neurosurgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhopal, India

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