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Cross-cultural modification of the University of Pennsylvania smell identification test for the Saudi Arabian population

Validation and normative values

Saad Alsaleh, Ahmed Alhussien, Nawaf Alsubaie, Ziyad Alajlan, Sakhar Albader, Ibrahim Alarifi, Hussain Albaharna and Ibrahim Sumaily
Saudi Medical Journal January 2024, 45 (1) 79-85; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2024.45.1.20230422
Saad Alsaleh
From the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (Alsaleh, Alhussien, Alsubaie); from the Department of Internal Medicine (Albader), College of Medicine, King Saud University, from the Department of Medical Imaging (Alajlan), King Abdullah bin Abdulziz University Hospital, from the Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Unit (Alarifi), Surgery Department, Security Forces Hospital, Riyadh, from the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (Albaharna), Qatif Central Hospital, Qatif, and from the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (Sumaily), King Fahd Central Hospital, Jazan, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Ahmed Alhussien
From the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (Alsaleh, Alhussien, Alsubaie); from the Department of Internal Medicine (Albader), College of Medicine, King Saud University, from the Department of Medical Imaging (Alajlan), King Abdullah bin Abdulziz University Hospital, from the Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Unit (Alarifi), Surgery Department, Security Forces Hospital, Riyadh, from the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (Albaharna), Qatif Central Hospital, Qatif, and from the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (Sumaily), King Fahd Central Hospital, Jazan, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Nawaf Alsubaie
From the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (Alsaleh, Alhussien, Alsubaie); from the Department of Internal Medicine (Albader), College of Medicine, King Saud University, from the Department of Medical Imaging (Alajlan), King Abdullah bin Abdulziz University Hospital, from the Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Unit (Alarifi), Surgery Department, Security Forces Hospital, Riyadh, from the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (Albaharna), Qatif Central Hospital, Qatif, and from the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (Sumaily), King Fahd Central Hospital, Jazan, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Ziyad Alajlan
From the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (Alsaleh, Alhussien, Alsubaie); from the Department of Internal Medicine (Albader), College of Medicine, King Saud University, from the Department of Medical Imaging (Alajlan), King Abdullah bin Abdulziz University Hospital, from the Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Unit (Alarifi), Surgery Department, Security Forces Hospital, Riyadh, from the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (Albaharna), Qatif Central Hospital, Qatif, and from the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (Sumaily), King Fahd Central Hospital, Jazan, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Sakhar Albader
From the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (Alsaleh, Alhussien, Alsubaie); from the Department of Internal Medicine (Albader), College of Medicine, King Saud University, from the Department of Medical Imaging (Alajlan), King Abdullah bin Abdulziz University Hospital, from the Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Unit (Alarifi), Surgery Department, Security Forces Hospital, Riyadh, from the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (Albaharna), Qatif Central Hospital, Qatif, and from the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (Sumaily), King Fahd Central Hospital, Jazan, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Ibrahim Alarifi
From the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (Alsaleh, Alhussien, Alsubaie); from the Department of Internal Medicine (Albader), College of Medicine, King Saud University, from the Department of Medical Imaging (Alajlan), King Abdullah bin Abdulziz University Hospital, from the Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Unit (Alarifi), Surgery Department, Security Forces Hospital, Riyadh, from the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (Albaharna), Qatif Central Hospital, Qatif, and from the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (Sumaily), King Fahd Central Hospital, Jazan, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Hussain Albaharna
From the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (Alsaleh, Alhussien, Alsubaie); from the Department of Internal Medicine (Albader), College of Medicine, King Saud University, from the Department of Medical Imaging (Alajlan), King Abdullah bin Abdulziz University Hospital, from the Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Unit (Alarifi), Surgery Department, Security Forces Hospital, Riyadh, from the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (Albaharna), Qatif Central Hospital, Qatif, and from the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (Sumaily), King Fahd Central Hospital, Jazan, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Ibrahim Sumaily
From the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (Alsaleh, Alhussien, Alsubaie); from the Department of Internal Medicine (Albader), College of Medicine, King Saud University, from the Department of Medical Imaging (Alajlan), King Abdullah bin Abdulziz University Hospital, from the Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Unit (Alarifi), Surgery Department, Security Forces Hospital, Riyadh, from the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (Albaharna), Qatif Central Hospital, Qatif, and from the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (Sumaily), King Fahd Central Hospital, Jazan, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Saad Alsaleh, Ahmed Alhussien, Nawaf Alsubaie, Ziyad Alajlan, Sakhar Albader, Ibrahim Alarifi, Hussain Albaharna, Ibrahim Sumaily
Saudi Medical Journal Jan 2024, 45 (1) 79-85; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2024.45.1.20230422

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Saad Alsaleh, Ahmed Alhussien, Nawaf Alsubaie, Ziyad Alajlan, Sakhar Albader, Ibrahim Alarifi, Hussain Albaharna, Ibrahim Sumaily
Saudi Medical Journal Jan 2024, 45 (1) 79-85; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2024.45.1.20230422
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