Accurate Detection of Parkinson's Disease in Tremor Syndromes Using Olfactory Testing
Author(s) -
Martin Wolz,
Antje Hähner,
Linda Meixner,
Matthias Löhle,
Heinz Reichmann,
Thomas Hummel,
Alexander Storch
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
european neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.573
H-Index - 77
eISSN - 1421-9913
pISSN - 0014-3022
DOI - 10.1159/000358054
Subject(s) - receiver operating characteristic , youden's j statistic , parkinson's disease , medicine , essential tremor , area under the curve , neurological disorder , audiology , positive predicative value , predictive value , diagnostic accuracy , disease , central nervous system disease , physical medicine and rehabilitation
The diagnostic value of olfactory testing for the discrimination of tremor-dominant Parkinson's disease (PD) from other tremor disorders remains enigmatic. We evaluated whether olfactory testing can accurately detect PD in tremor patients.
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