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“On the nose” – could olfactory testing be a reliable bedside marker of prodromal DLB?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 May 2022

Elie Matar*
Affiliation:
Forefront Parkinson’s Disease Research Clinic, Brain and Mind Centre, School of Medical Sciences, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia Central Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia
Simon J.G. Lewis
Affiliation:
Forefront Parkinson’s Disease Research Clinic, Brain and Mind Centre, School of Medical Sciences, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia

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