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ArticleHNO2014

[Olfactory disorders and their therapy].

A Hähner, T Hummel, B A Stuck

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Article in HNO, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

A HähnerUniversitäts-HNO-Klinik, TU Dresden, Fetscherstr. 74, 01307, Dresden, Deutschland.
T Hummel
B A Stuck

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Among the main causes of olfactory disorders are chronic rhinosinusitis, head trauma, acute infections of the upper respiratory tract and neurodegenerative diseases. Olfactory disorders can impose major restrictions on our lives. Although there are numerous approaches for the therapy of olfactory disorders, double-blind comparison studies are needed to distinguish between the effects of these therapies and spontaneous remission of olfactory disorders. The most significant aspects of treatments seem to be anti-inflammatory measures and the regenerative capabilities of the olfactory neuroepithelium.

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Anti-Inflammatory AgentsBrain InjuriesHumansNeurodegenerative DiseasesOlfaction DisordersRespiratory Tract InfectionsRhinitis, AllergicSinusitisAnti-Inflammatory Agents

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