Olfactory dysfunction in Japanese patients with idiopathic REM sleep behavior disorder: Comparison of data using the University of Pennsylvania smell identification test and odor stick identification test for Japanese

Movement Disorders

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1524-1526

  Miyamoto, Tomoyuki ^a   Miyamoto, Masayuki ^a   Iwanami, Masaoki ^a   Hirata, Koichi ^a  

^a DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; JAPANESE; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASOMNIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SMELLING; SMELLING DISORDER;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; ODORS; OLFACTION DISORDERS; REFERENCE VALUES; REM SLEEP BEHAVIOR DISORDER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77955010110     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.23170     Document Type: Letter

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