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In Healthy Subjects Nasal Nitric Oxide Does Not Correlate with Olfactory Sensit...
Mariano, M; Drews, T; Hummel, TObjective: The aim of the study was to determine the relationship between nasal nitric oxide (nNO) and olfactory sensitivity, trigeminal sensitivity and nasal airflow in healthy subjects. Study design: This is a correlational study. Setting: This study was carried out in a tertiary referral centre. Participants: Forty healthy participants were recruited. Main outcome measures: nNO was measured using a chemilumi...
Accelerated age-related olfactory decline among type 1 Usher patients
Ribeiro, JC; Oliveiros, B; Pereira, P; António, N; Hummel, T; Paiva, A; Silva, EUsher Syndrome (USH) is a rare disease with hearing loss, retinitis pigmentosa and, sometimes, vestibular dysfunction. A phenotype heterogeneity is reported. Recent evidence indicates that USH is likely to belong to an emerging class of sensory ciliopathies. Olfaction has recently been implicated in ciliopathies, but the scarce literature about olfaction in USH show conflicting results. We aim to evaluate olfac...