Difference in olfactory dysfunction with dementia with Lewy bodies and Alzheimer's disease

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 947-948

  Sato, Tomohiko ^a   Hanyu, Haruo ^a   Kume, Kazumasa ^a   Takada, Yusuke ^a   Onuma, Takeshi ^a   Iwamoto, Toshihiko ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDIAN INK; MENTHOL; PERFUME;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; GARLIC; HUMAN; LETTER; LEWY BODY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MILK; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; ODOR; OPEN ESSENCE SMELL IDENTIFICATION TEST; OUTPATIENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMELLING DISORDER; SWEAT; WOOD;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LEWY BODY DISEASE; MALE; OLFACTION DISORDERS; ROC CURVE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 79956034790     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03380.x     Document Type: Letter

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