Assessment of olfactory function in the study groups and their role In the progression of the disease

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