J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci 1997; 9:598-600
Copyright © 1997 by American Neuropsychiatric Association
Odor identification in Huntington's disease patients and asymptomatic gene carriers
FW Bylsma, PJ Moberg, RL Doty and J Brandt
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287-7218, USA. fbylsma@welchlink.welch.jhu.edu
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.