{"title":"Dysphagia in the elderly.","authors":"M. Carr","doi":"10.4314/SAGR.V8I1.54219","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Swallowing disorders may or may not be inherent to aging, however, they are relatively prevalent in the elderly population. This is because dysphagia is associated with many disorders that are much more common in the older population.","PeriodicalId":39144,"journal":{"name":"South African Gastroenterology Review","volume":"8 1","pages":"14-16"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2010-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"2","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"South African Gastroenterology Review","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.4314/SAGR.V8I1.54219","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"Medicine","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Swallowing disorders may or may not be inherent to aging, however, they are relatively prevalent in the elderly population. This is because dysphagia is associated with many disorders that are much more common in the older population.