Olfactory Dysfunction and Its Relationship With Clinical Features of Parkinson's Disease.

ABSTRACT: Objective: To conduct an investigation into the reliability of assessing the olfactory function of patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) in a clinical setting of crowding patients in populated countries, such as China, by the hyposmia rating scale (HRS) and compare other non-motor features between patients with PD with olfactory dysfunction (PD-OD) and patients with PD without olfactory dysfunction (PD-NOD), according to the result of olfactory function assessed by the Sniffin' Sticks test. Methods: A total of 320 patients with clinically confirmed or clinically possible PD were recruited. Olfactory function of all participants was assessed with the HRS and the Sniffin' Sticks test. Demographic data and clinical information were collected, and patients were evaluated using s

SUBMITTER: Zhou Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7596377 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature