Odor identification in Huntington's disease patients and asymptomatic gene carriers

1 November 1997

journal article
clinical trial
Published by American Psychiatric Association Publishing in The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Vol. 9 (4) , 598-600
https://doi.org/10.1176/jnp.9.4.598

Abstract

Odor identification was assessed in 20 Huntington's disease (HD) patients, 20 normal adults with the genetic mutation that causes HD, and 20 mutation-negative adults. The University of Pennsylvania Smell Identification Test (UPSIT) revealed substantial odor identification deficits only in HD patients.

Keywords

ADULTS
HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE
SMELL
ODOR IDENTIFICATION
PENNSYLVANIA
UPSIT
SUBSTANTIAL