Olfactory identification is impaired in clinic-based patients with vascular dementia and senile dementia of Alzheimer type

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 513-517

  Gray, Alison J ^a,c   Staples, Vince ^b   Murren, Karen ^b   Dhariwal, Avtar ^b   Bentham, Peter ^b  

^a Worcestershire Community Healthcare NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

^b BIRMINGHAM AND SOLIHULL MENTAL HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c South Birmingham Mental Health NHS Trust ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Diagnosis; Differential diagnosis; Olfaction; Olfactory discrimination; Vascular dementia

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SENILE DEMENTIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMELLING; SMELLING DISORDER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OLFACTION DISORDERS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SMELL;

EID: 0035009745     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.383     Document Type: Article

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