Ptosis aggravates dysphagia in oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 266-268

  De Swart, B J M ^a   Van Der Sluijs, B M ^a   Vos, A M C ^a   Kalf, J G ^a   Knuijt, S ^a   Cruysberg, J R M ^a   Van Engelen, B G M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; OCULOPHARYNGEAL MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS; SWALLOWING; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; BLEPHAROPTOSIS; DEGLUTITION; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, OCULOPHARYNGEAL; OROPHARYNX; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS;

EID: 32344440192     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2005.062521     Document Type: Article

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