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Olfactory dysfunction in familial parkinsonism.
Neurology - 1 Nov 1997
Markopoulou K, Larsen K W, Wszolek E K, Denson M A, Lang A E, Pfeiffer R F, Wszolek Z K
Abstract excerpt
Impaired olfactory function is commonly observed in idiopathic Parkinson's disease (IPD). However, it is unknown whether it is also found in familial parkinsonism. To address this issue we administered a smell test to 12 affected, three monosymptomatic, and 12 at-risk individuals from six large parkinsonian kindreds. Three kindreds exhibited an IPD phenotype and three exhibited a parkinsonism-plus syndrome (PPS)...
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