Olfactory impairment is more marked in patients with mild dementia with Lewy bodies than those with mild Alzheimer disease.
BACKGROUND: Dementia patients with anosmia are more likely to have Lewy body pathology at postmortem, but clinicopathological studies have only assessed olfaction in moderate dementia or an average of 5 years before death. It is not known whether, in patients with mild dementia (MMSE score over 20)...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2009
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