A prospective assessment of the characteristics of dysphagia in myasthenia gravis

Dysphagia

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 147-151

  Colton Hudson, Angela ^a   Koopman, Wilma J ^a   Moosa, Taslim ^a   Smith, Dean ^a   Bach, David ^a   Nicolle, Michael ^a  

^a LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aspiration; Deglutition; Deglutition disorders; Dysphagia; Myasthenia gravis; Videofluoroscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SWALLOWING; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEGLUTITION; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0036515673     PISSN: 0179051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00455-001-0114-4     Document Type: Article

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