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Loss of smell, an underestimated handicap

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    Le 19h30
  • 13 September 2017
  • Basile Landis
    • HUG
    • Médecine, UNIGE
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Losing one's sense of smell affects emotions, social relationships, but also some very basic aspects of daily life, such as detecting danger. Around 5% of the population suffers from anosmia.

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