Gum chewing improves swallow frequency and latency in Parkinson patients: A preliminary study

Neurology

Volumn 74, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 1198-1202

  South, Angela R ^a,b   Somers, Stephanie M ^a   Jog, Mandar S ^a,b  

^a LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHEWING GUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVATION; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SWALLOWING;

EID: 77950948108     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181d9002b     Document Type: Article

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