Volume : IX, Issue : IV, April - 2019

OLFACTORY DYSFUNCTION IN VARIOUS SUBTYPES OF PARKINSONISM–A PROSPECTIVE STUDY

Dr. M. Jawahar, Dr. Bhanu

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Eventhough olfactory dysfunction occurs in various diseases, its association with various types of parkinsonism and Alzhiemer dementia is very significant.Olfactory function testing is very helpful in pre clinical detection of Parkinson disease.Aim of this study is to assess the presence and the extent of olfactory impairments in various types of parkinsonism.This study was conducted among 70 patients with various types of parkinsonism in Madras institute of neurology.All patients are subjected to odour identification test,odour discrimination test and odour threshold test with commonly used 12 Odourous substances in our daily household practice.We found significant olfactory dysfunction in idiopathic Parkinson disease eventhough certain other types of parkinsonism patients also had olfactory dysfunction.

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OLFACTORY DYSFUNCTION IN VARIOUS SUBTYPES OF PARKINSONISM-A PROSPECTIVE STUDY, Dr.M.Jawahar, Dr.Bhanu INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-9 | Issue-4 | April-2019

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