Is Parkinson's disease a primary olfactory disorder?
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Is Parkinson's disease a primary olfactory disorder?
It has been known for over 30 years that olfactory function is disordered in idiopathic Parkinson's disease (IPD). The severity and partial specificity of anosmia was not realized until recently, with the advent of more detailed analysis and sophisticated measurement. The olfactory vector hypothesis suggests that the causative agent for IPD enters the brain via the nasal route, but the reason f...
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عنوان ژورنال: QJM
سال: 1999
ISSN: 1460-2393
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/92.8.473