Author Contributions:
All authors cared for the patient and contributed to the manuscript.
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Table
1. Frequency distribution of the cases in terms of the localization of
cranial nerve involvement
Table
2. Demographic and clinical characteristics of the cases according to
the groups with and without cranial nerve involvement
Table
3. Frequency distribution in terms of the complaints of the patients
according to the groups with and without cranial nerve involvement
Table 4. Results of the
multivariate logistic regression analysis of the data adjusted for age
and gender
Figure 1. S urvey form
Figure 2. Rate of the cranial nerve symptoms of the patients
according to the diagnostic method
Figure 3 . Olfactory area
Figure 4. Inflammatory cells in the lamina propria and
submucosal serous glands in the nasal mucosa tissue lined with a
single-row atrophic cubic epithelium (H&E x 40)