Olfactory status in neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation disorders.

Elahe Amini Mohammad Rohani Maryam Jalessi Zahra Azad Franco Valzania Francesco Cavallieri Mohammad Farhadi Zeinab Gholibeigian

Published in: Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology (2023)

Olfactory impairment as a common finding in various subtypes of NBIA disorder can potentially be considered a discriminative biomarker. Better OI in PKAN compared to PLAN and MPAN patients may be related to the different underlying pathologies.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors