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Adapting Human Videofluoroscopic Swallow Study Methods to Detect and Characterize Dysphagia in Murine Disease Models
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Adapting Human Videofluoroscopic Swallow Study Methods to Detect and Characterize Dysphagia in Murine Disease Models

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Pill swallowing ability and training in children 6 to 11 years of age

E O Meltzer1, M J Welch, N K Ostrom

  • 1Allergy and Asthma Medical Group and Research Center, San Diego, CA 92123, USA.

Clinical Pediatrics
|September 14, 2006
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