Taste and Smell Disorders in Children and Young Adults With Cystic Fibrosis and Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia—A Prospective Comparative Study
Taste disorders in CF are mostly attributed to difficulties tasting salty and are associated with elevated sweat chloride, probably caused by increased salivary salt following CFTR dysfunction in salivary glands rather than in the nerve cells. Smell disorders, however, remain a significant issue, particularly in PCD.
Authors
- Folke Brinkmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4307-4232)
- Leo S. Demski
- Anne Schlegtendal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6737-3624)
- Anna Hoffmann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8119-6070)
- Lynn Eitner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7143-5114)
- Stefanie Dillenhöfer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6020-8717)
- Lea Christiane Beermann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-7107-0856)
- Christoph Maier (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1212-744X)
- Thomas Lücke
- Claire Mallon
Institutions
- University Hospitals of the Ruhr-University of Bochum (DE)
- University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein (DE)
- German Center for Lung Research (DE)
- Ruhr University Bochum (DE)
- University of Lübeck (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Pediatric Pulmonology
- Published
- 2025-12-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ppul.71419
- Primary Topic
- Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00