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Smell and taste dysfunction in patients infected with the Omicron variant of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2

Yanping ChenDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Tongde Hospital of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, ChinaView further author information
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Yan GengDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Tongde Hospital of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, ChinaView further author information
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Juan JiangDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Tongde Hospital of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, ChinaView further author information
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Gaoyun XiongDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Tongde Hospital of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, ChinaView further author information
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Chenyang LeiDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Tongde Hospital of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, ChinaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 489-494 | Received 31 Mar 2023, Accepted 25 May 2023, Published online: 16 Jun 2023

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