ODOR IDENTIFICATION IN HUNTINGTONS-DISEASE PATIENTS AND ASYMPTOMATIC GENE CARRIERS

Authors
BYLSMA FW MOBERG PJ DOTY RL BRANDT J
Citation
Fw. Bylsma et al., ODOR IDENTIFICATION IN HUNTINGTONS-DISEASE PATIENTS AND ASYMPTOMATIC GENE CARRIERS, The Journal of neuropsychiatry and clinical neurosciences, 9(4), 1997, pp. 598-600
Citations number
13
Journal title
The Journal of neuropsychiatry and clinical neurosciences → ACNP
ISSN journal
08950172
Volume
9
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
598 - 600
Database
ISI
SICI code
0895-0172(1997)9:4<598:OIIHPA>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
Odor identification was assessed in 20 Huntington's disease (HD) patie nts, 20 normal adults with the genetic mutation that causes HD, and 20 mutation-negative adults. The University of Pennsylvania Smell Identi fication Test (UPSIT) revealed substantial odor identification deficit s only in HD patients.