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Oropharyngeal dysphagia, achalasia, and other oesophageal motility problems: clinical relevance and management

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Pathogenesis and Clinical Practice in Gastroenterology

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Abstract

Dysphagia is among the most common gastrointestinal symptoms in the elderly, with a population prevalence in the elderly in excess of 10%. While mechanical obstruction accounts for some portion of this burden, the majority of these subjects do not have strictures or cancer. Motility disorders account for a large portion of the remainder of these patients.

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  1. Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB#7080, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599-7080, USA

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  1. Department of Gastroenterology, Medical Centre Ljubljana, Slovenia

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  2. University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

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  3. University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany

    P. R. Galle

  4. University Hospital Rebro, Zagreb, Croatia

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Shaheen, N.J. (2008). Oropharyngeal dysphagia, achalasia, and other oesophageal motility problems: clinical relevance and management. In: Ferkolj, I., Gangl, A., Galle, P.R., Vucelic, B. (eds) Pathogenesis and Clinical Practice in Gastroenterology. Falk Symposium, vol 160. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8767-7_2

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