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Recent Advances in Sensing Oropharyngeal Swallowing Function in Japan

Dysphagia (difficulty in swallowing) is an important issue in the elderly because it causes aspiration pneumonia, which is the second largest cause of death in this group. It also causes decline in activities of daily living and quality of life. The oral phase of swallowing has been neglected, despi...

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Autores principales: Ono, Takahiro, Hori, Kazuhiro, Masuda, Yuji, Hayashi, Toyohiko
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI) 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3270835/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22315534
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s100100176

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