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Deglutition Disorders

"Deglutition Disorders" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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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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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Deglutition Disorders" by people in this website by year, and whether "Deglutition Disorders" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 29 publications over 19 distinct years, with a maximum of 4 publications in 2018
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