Abstract
Olfactory dysfunction is an early and common symptom in Parkinson's disease (PD). In an effort to determine whether otherwise unexplained (idiopathic) olfactory dysfunction is associated with an increased risk of developing PD, we designed a prospective study in a cohort of 361 asymptomatic relatives (parents, siblings, or children) of PD patients. A combination of olfactory detection, identification, and discrimination tasks was used to select groups of hyposmic (n = 40) and normosmic (n = 38) individuals for a 2-year clinical follow-up evaluation and sequential single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), using [
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 173-181 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Annals of Neurology |
Volume | 56 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2004 |