title: Olfactory diagnosis in medicine.
abstract: Like the reporter who relies on a nose for news, the physician needs a nose for diseases and intoxications. Characteristic patient odors accompany many diseases and intoxications, and their recognition can provide diagnostic clues, guide the laboratory evaluation, and affect the choice of immediate therapy.
mesh_terms: D000437:Alcoholism / Q000175:diagnosis; D003933:Diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008659:Metabolic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D009812:Odorants; D011041:Poisoning / Q000175:diagnosis; D012903:Smell