NARIC Accession Number: J35616.
EVALUATION FOR DYSPHAGIA IN NEUROGENIC DISORDERS.
Dysphagia Assessment and Treatment Planning: A Team Approach, ed. R Leonard and K Kendall, (San Diego, 1997: Singular Publishing Group), Ch3, p29-39. Author(s): Johnson, E R.
Institution: Rehabilitation Research and Training Center in Neuromuscular Diseases, University of California/Davis.
Report Number: H133B30026.
Publication Year: 1997.
Number of Pages: 11p.
Abstract: Chapter from a book on dysphagia assessment and treatment planning, reviewing specific swallowing problems associated with the major categories of neurological and neuromuscular disorders, and discussing diagnostic strategies and the timing of these strategies. Categories discussed include stroke, brain injury, cerebral palsy (CP), Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis (MS), polymyositis/dermatomyositis, myasthenia gravis, myotonic muscular dystrophy (MMD), limb girdle syndrome, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, congenital spinal muscular atrophy, and postpolio syndrome.
Descriptor Terms: DIAGNOSIS; SWALLOWING DISORDERS; NEUROMUSCULAR DISORDERS; NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS.
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