Parkinsonism & Related Disorders
Volume 14, Issue 3 , Pages 243-245 , April 2008

Is drooling secondary to a swallowing disorder in patients with Parkinson's disease?

  • Ana Caline Nóbrega

      Affiliations

    • Division of Neurology and Epidemiology, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil
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  • Bernardo Rodrigues

      Affiliations

    • Division of Neurology and Epidemiology, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil
    • ,
  • Ana Catarina Torres

      Affiliations

    • Division of Neurology and Epidemiology, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil
    • ,
  • Renata D’Arc Scarpel

      Affiliations

    • Bahia League Against Cancer, Aristides Maltez Hospital, Brazil
    • ,
  • Carolina Alves Neves

      Affiliations

    • Bahia League Against Cancer, Aristides Maltez Hospital, Brazil
    • ,
  • Ailton Melo

      Affiliations

    • Division of Neurology and Epidemiology, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil

Received 15 November 2006 ,Revised 28 July 2007 ,Accepted 3 August 2007.

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PII: S1353-8020(07)00169-1

doi: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2007.08.003

Parkinsonism & Related Disorders
Volume 14, Issue 3 , Pages 243-245 , April 2008

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