Inflammatory myopathy causing pharyngeal dysphagia: A new entity

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 331-335

  Shapiro, Jo ^a,b,d   Degirolami, Umberto ^c   Martin, Sandra ^b   Goyal, Raj ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

cricopharyngeal myotomy; dysphagia; myopathy; swallowing disorders

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRICOPHARYNGEUS MUSCLE; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MYOPATHY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVATION; SPHINCTEROTOMY; SWALLOWING;

EID: 9344271109     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348949610500501     Document Type: Article

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