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Can stroke affect esophageal motility?

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Possible but: not likely much of a contribution. As strokes do frequently cause swallowing problems but they tend to be of the type that involves the muscles of the tonge/back of the mouth/throat instead of the motility of the esophagus - that tends to be more of a complicated age related process.

Answered 10/2/2014

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Can stroke affect esophageal motility?

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