Since the initial reports of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in December
2019 in Wuhan, China, and the declaration by the World Health Organization of the
disease as a pandemic, increasing numbers of patients are diagnosed with COVID-19
globally on a daily basis. While initially fever, cough and dyspnea were thought to
be the dominant symptoms, other unusual presentations of COVID-19 such as altered
olfactory function have been increasingly recognized. Recently, isolated anosmia/hyposmia
is reported as a marker of COVID-19. The onset of anosmia was sudden in majority of
the cases and most had a concomitant decrease in taste sensation (
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Article Info
Publication History
Published online: April 13, 2020
Accepted:
April 3,
2020
Received:
April 2,
2020
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