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The author considers ordinary differential equations of odd order \[ x^{(2n_ 1)}+a_ 1(t,x,x',\dots,x^{(2n)})x^{(n- 1)}+\cdots+a_{n+1}(t,x,x',\dots,x^{( 2n)})x'+b(x)=e(t,x,x',\dots,x^{(2n)}) \] with functions \(a_ 1,\dots,a_{n+1}\), \(e\in C(R^{2n-2},R)\), \(b\in C(R,R)\). Furthermore the \(\omega\)-periodicity in the variable \(t\) of \(a_ 1,\dots,a_{n+1}\), \(e(\omega>0,\;n\geq 1)\), is assumed. A previous criterion for the existence of an \(\omega\)-periodic solutions in the case \(n=1\) is here extended to an arbitrary \(n\). The criterion consists in sufficient conditions on the coefficients of the above equation in order that an \(\omega\)- periodic solution exists.