About the Authors
- Fidias E. Leon-Sarmiento
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* E-mail: feleones@gmail.com
Affiliations Smell and Taste Center, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Mediciencias Research Group, IPS Ramon and Cajal/Universidad Nacional, Bogota, Colombia
- Edgardo A. Bayona
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Affiliation Laboratorio de Neurociencias Clinicas y Funcionales, Neuro.net, Bogota, Colombia
- Jaime Bayona-Prieto
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Affiliation Grupo Cirineo-Neurorehabilitacion, Bucaramanga, Colombia
- Allen Osman
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Affiliations Smell and Taste Center, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Richard L. Doty
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Affiliations Smell and Taste Center, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Competing Interests
R.L.D. is President and major shareholder of Sensonics, Inc., the manufacturer and distributor of smell and taste tests, including the UPSIT. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: FEL-S RLD. Performed the experiments: FEL-S EAB JB-P. Wrote the paper: FEL-S RLD AO.