Abstract:
The article presents the results of observation of 213 patients with PD, including 90 (42.25%)
women, 123 (57.75%) men, whose mean age was 46.17±0.63 years. Patients with PD were selected
in accordance with the international criteria of the British brain bank "Parkinson's Disease Society
Brain Bank". Patients underwent CT or MRI of the brain. Olfactory disturbances were studied
using the Sniffin Stix Test (SST) by Burchard (Hamburg, Germany). All patients underwent
examination of the ENT organs. The results obtained indicate that the presence of hyposmia in
patients with early onset of PD is an important biomarker of the latent neurodegenerative process of
the “Parkinsonian” type and, therefore, the risk of future development of PD
