Severe Hyposmia Distinguishes Neuropathologically Confirmed Dementia with Lewy Bodies from Alzheimer’s Disease Dementia
Thomas G. Beach, Charles H. Adler, Nan Zhang, Geidy E. Serrano, Lucia I. Sue, Erika D. Driver‐Dunckley, Shyamal H. Mehta, E Zamrini, Marwan Noel Sabbagh, Holly A. Shill, Christine M. Belden, David Shprecher, Richard J. Caselli, Eric M. Reiman, Kathryn J. Davis, , Richard C. Gerkin
This study finds that severe hyposmia (reduced sense of smell) is a distinguishing feature between dementia with Lewy bodies and Alzheimer’s disease dementia, based on neuropathological confirmation.
PLoS ONE · Apr 22, 2020Peer-reviewedNeuroscience