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To assess the evolution of dysphagia in patients with oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (OPMD). OPMD is an autosomal dominant form of late-onset muscular dystrophy. Ptosis and dysphagia are the most common presenting symptoms. In some reports, patients with OPMD who are homozygotes for two (GCN) expansions in the PABPN1 encoding gene have cognitive impairment and reduced life span. But about dysphagia,...
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) show clinically similar myopathic symptoms on initial examination, but usually very different swallowing difficulties become apparent. In this study we aimed to demonstrate the distinctive features of dysphagia in patients with DM1 and DMD. Diet-type score (DTS) and maximum tongue pressure (MTP) were measured in 20 DM1 and 24 DMD...
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