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    Some Causes of Oropharyngeal Dysphagia

    Some Causes of Oropharyngeal Dysphagia

    Mechanism

    Examples

    Neurologic

    Stroke

    Parkinson disease

    Multiple sclerosis

    Some motor neuron disorders (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, progressive bulbar palsy, pseudobulbar palsy)

    Bulbar poliomyelitis

    Giant cell arteritis

    Muscular

    Myasthenia gravis

    Dermatomyositis

    Muscular dystrophy

    Cricopharyngeal incoordination

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