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Tongue Thickness Relates to Nutritional Status in the Elderly

Many elderly people under long-term care suffer from malnutrition caused by dysphagia, frequently leading to sarcopenia. Our hypothesis is that sarcopenia may compromise oral function, resulting in dysphagia. The objectives of this study were to evaluate sarcopenia of the lingual muscles by measurin...

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Autores principales: Tamura, Fumiyo, Kikutani, Takeshi, Tohara, Takashi, Yoshida, Mitsuyoshi, Yaegaki, Ken
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer-Verlag 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3528964/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22538556
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00455-012-9407-z