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cord-304724-luql6159	Paderno, Alberto	Smell and taste alterations in Covid‐19: a cross‐sectional analysis of different cohorts	2020-05-14		.txt	text/plain	3347	207	50	The study aims to estimate the different characteristics of OD and GD in hospitalized patients and home-quarantined subjects with a nasal/pharyngeal swab positive for SARS-CoV-2 in an epidemic area. All subjects with positive nasal/pharyngeal swab for SARS-CoV-2 were home-quarantined or Patients were not informed about the specific study aim to minimize confirmation bias. The study describes a sample of more than 500 cases with confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection, distinguishing between hospitalized patients and home-quarantined subjects. All cases with OD and GD reported an acute onset and a significant degree of dysfunction, without solid connection with other symptoms suggestive of upper airway infection (i.e., pharyngodynia and nasal congestion). # Patients affected by olfactory and gustatory dysfunction reported these complains as delayed symptom of presentation of the infection with SARS-CoV-2 in 231 (81.6%) and 264 (82.2%) cases, respectively.	./cache/cord-304724-luql6159.txt	./txt/cord-304724-luql6159.txt