Thursday 18 October 2012

Scientists Explore Link Between Rare Neuromuscular Disorder and Loss of Smell

Myasthenia gravis (MG), a chronic autoimmune neuromuscular disease is linked to dysfunction of the olfactory system, states study published in PLOS ONE. Olfactory dysfunction caused due to myasthenia gravis equivalent to that observed in Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease," said senior study author Richard Doty, PhD, director of the Smell and Taste Center at Penn. "The results are the strongest evidence to date that myasthenia gravis, once thought of ...

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