title: Clinical disorders of smell and taste.
abstract: Renewed attention to chemosensory dysfunction has revealed that a substantial portion of the population are affected during their lives, many simply as a result of aging. The authors discuss terminology, assessment, etiology, and prognosis and compare current understanding with that presented by Mackenzie in 1884.
authors.affiliation: Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-3308, USA.
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Cowart
authors.forename: I M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Young
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Feldman
authors.forename: L D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Lowry
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D000857:Olfaction Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D012903:Smell; D013651:Taste Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D009626:Terminology as Topic