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What is the actual profile of impaired taste and smell in COVID19?

Taste and smell dysfunction in COVID-19 patients. Abalo-Lojo JM, Pouso-Diz JM, Gonzalez F. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 2020; 129:1041-1042 Abstract Background The COVID-19 pandemia emerged in December 2019 is by virus SARS-CoV-2 genetically related to SARS-CoV-1. Both share the angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 receptor (ACE2), which seems to be used by the virus to enter the […]

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