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Pharyngeal Morphology

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Dysphagia

Part of the book series: Medical Radiology ((Med Radiol Diagn Imaging))

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This chapter discusses the radiographic findings of structural abnormalities of the pharynx.

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    Stephen E. Rubesin

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Rubesin, S.E. (2018). Pharyngeal Morphology. In: Ekberg, O. (eds) Dysphagia. Medical Radiology(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/174_2018_181

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