Pathophysiological mechanisms of oropharyngeal dysphagia in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Brain

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 125-140

  Ertekin, Cumhur ^a,b   Aydogdu, Ibrahim ^a   Yüceyar, Nur ^a   Kiylioglu, Nefati ^a   Tarlaci, Sultan ^a   Uludag, Burhanettin ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Nilhan Apt ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Oropharyngeal dysphagia; Pathophysiology of dysphagia; Spontaneous swallow; Sporadic ALS; Voluntarily initiated swallow

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRICOPHARYNGEUS MUSCLE; DYSPHAGIA; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR UNIT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSOR; SWALLOWING; UPPER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER;

EID: 0033971509     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/123.1.125     Document Type: Article

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