Low specificity and sensitivity of smell identification testing for the diagnosis of Parkinson?s disease
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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. Smell identification was tested using UPSIT. RESULTS The mean number of UPSIT items correctly ide...
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عنوان ژورنال: Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0004-282X
DOI: 10.1590/0004-282x20130190