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The incidence and impact of anosmia on daily life after COVID-19 infection

A cross-sectional study in a tertiary center in Saudi Arabia

Afnan F. Bukhari, Moayyad Malas, Kamal Hanbazazah and Faisal Zawawi
Saudi Medical Journal December 2022, 43 (12) 1354-1362; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2022.43.12.20220559
Afnan F. Bukhari
From the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (Bukhari, Malas, Hanbazazah, Zawawi), King Abdulaziz University, and from the Department of Otolaryngology and Surgery (Malas), King Khaled Hospital, Ministry of National Guard, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Moayyad Malas
From the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (Bukhari, Malas, Hanbazazah, Zawawi), King Abdulaziz University, and from the Department of Otolaryngology and Surgery (Malas), King Khaled Hospital, Ministry of National Guard, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Kamal Hanbazazah
From the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (Bukhari, Malas, Hanbazazah, Zawawi), King Abdulaziz University, and from the Department of Otolaryngology and Surgery (Malas), King Khaled Hospital, Ministry of National Guard, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Faisal Zawawi
From the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (Bukhari, Malas, Hanbazazah, Zawawi), King Abdulaziz University, and from the Department of Otolaryngology and Surgery (Malas), King Khaled Hospital, Ministry of National Guard, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Afnan F. Bukhari, Moayyad Malas, Kamal Hanbazazah, Faisal Zawawi
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