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COVID-19 as a Turning Point in the Need for Specialized Smell Units

Izquierdo-Domínguez A1,2*, Calvo-Henríquez C3,4*, Ceballos JC5, Rodriguez-Iglesias M3,4, Mullol J5,6,7**, Alobid I2,5,6,7,8**

1Department of Allergy, Consorci Sanitari de Terrassa, Barcelona, Spain
2Unidad Alergo-Rino, Centro Médico Teknon, Barcelona, Spain
3Rhinology Study Group of the Young-Otolaryngologists of the International Federations of Oto-rhino-laryngological Societies (YO-IFOS), Paris, France
4Otorhinolaryngology Department, Hospital Complex of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
5Rhinology Unit & Smell Clinic, Otorhinolaryngology Department, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain
6Clinical and Experimental Respiratory Immunoallergy, IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain
7CIBER of Respiratory Diseases (CIBERES), Spain
8Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
*Both authors contributed equally as main authors
**These authors contributed equally as senior and corresponding authors

J Investig Allergol Clin Immunol 2023; Vol 33(5) : 400-402
doi: 10.18176/jiaci.0891

Key words: Smell unit, Loss of smell, COVID-19, Allergologist, Otolaryngologist