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Abstract #2367

The Correlation of Olfactory Dysfunctions and Hippocampal Atrophy in Patients with Cognitive Impairment: A Potential Clinical Marker for Alzheimer’s Disease

Bing Zhang1, Bin Zhu1, Yun Xu2, and Qing.X Yang3

1Department of Radiology, Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, China, NanJing, People's Republic of China, 2Department of Neurology, Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, China, NanJing, People's Republic of China, 3Department of Radiology, Pennsylvania State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA, Hershey, PA, United States

Olfactory deficits have been observed in subjects with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and its potential as a biomarker has been demonstrated by several recent studies. However, its sensitivity and specificity in detecting early AD have not been validated in the Chinese population where aging population is growing rapidly. In this study, by using a 3.0 T MR scanner, we evaluate the presence of olfactory deficits and hippocampal volume loss measured by FreeSurfer (6.0) based on local population in China, to validate the use of olfactory test battery as a clinical AD marker.

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