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Difficulty in SWALLOWING which may result from neuromuscular disorder or mechanical obstruction. Dysphagia is classified into two distinct types: oropharyngeal dysphagia due to malfunction of the PHARYNX and UPPER ESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER; and esophageal dysphagia due to malfunction of the ESOPHAGUS.
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- Dysphagia
- Swallowing Disorders
- Deglutition Disorder
- Disorders, Deglutition
- Swallowing Disorder
- Esophageal Dysphagia
- Oropharyngeal Dysphagia
- Dysphagia, Esophageal
- Dysphagia, Oropharyngeal
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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- National Library of Medicine. Deglutition Disorders. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D003680. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D003680
- Deglutition Disorders. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dysphagia
- Deglutition Disorders. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q623289