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Apolipoprotein E status is associated with odor identification deficits in nondemented older persons.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences - 30 Nov 1998
Murphy C, Bacon A W, Bondi M W, Salmon D P
Abstract excerpt
Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients with moderate dementia show losses in olfactory threshold, odor identification and odor memory. Sensitivity and specificity of olfactory testing is significant, with the greatest power of accurate diagnosis in the more cognitively loaded olfactory tasks. In patients with very mild AD or in patients at risk for the disease because of their mild cognitive impairment, losses are...
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