Low specificity and sensitivity of smell identification testing for the diagnosis of Parkinson?s disease

Low specificity and sensitivity of smell identification testing for the diagnosis of Parkinson?s disease

Objective: The aim of this study is to determine if the University of Pennsylvania’s Smell Identification Test (UPSIT) is an accurate diagnostic tool for olfactory dysfunction in Parkinson’s disease (PD). Method: We included 138 non-demented PD subjects and 175 control subjects matched by gender....

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Main Authors: Mayela Rodríguez-Violante, Paulina Gonzalez-Latapi, Azyadeh Camacho-Ordoñez, Daniel Martínez-Ramírez, Hugo Morales-Briceño, Amin Cervantes-Arriaga
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações 2014-01-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
Subjects:
doença de Parkinson
University of Pennsylvania Smell Identification Test
olfato
teste de diagnostic
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2014000100033&lng=en&tlng=en
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