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F irst, we would like to the thank authors of the new commentary, 1 which gave us the chance to reply to critics of our first publication 2 entitled "Anosmia in COVID-19 Associated with Injury to the Olfactory Bulbs Evident on MRI" written before the existence of anatomopathologic studies.Our research group had the opportunity to study and publish 3 other recent articles 3-5 about the same subject. In these articles, [3][4][5] we explained why we have interpreted 2 the alterations on brain imaging of patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) detected on thin slices of the coronal fat-suppressed T1WI, pre-and/or postcontrast, as olfactory bulb injuries (bloodbrain barrier and/or methemoglobin) and not artifacts. However, we will present these explanations again and also comment about some aspects of your Letter, 1 as follows: