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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

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