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NEUROLOGY 2006;66:1926-1928
© 2006 American Academy of Neurology
Brief Communications

Dysphagia in facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy

M. Wohlgemuth, MD, B.J.M. de Swart, MA, J. G. Kalf, MSc, F. B.M. Joosten, MD, PhD, A. M. Van der Vliet, MD and G. W. Padberg, MD, PhD

From the Departments of Neurology (W.M., B.J.M.d.S., J.G.K., G.W.P.) and Radiology (A.M.V.d.V.), Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; and the Department of Radiology (F.B.M.J.), Rijnstate Ziekenhuis, Arnhem, The Netherlands

Dysphagia is not considered a symptom of facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD). In this study, the authors found that dysphagia does occur in patients with advanced FSHD showing mild involvement of the jaw and lingual muscles. Dysphagia is seldom life threatening in these patients. The authors conclude that dysphagia should not be considered an exclusion criterion for FSHD.

Additional material related to this article can be found on the Neurology Web site. Go to www.neurology.org and scroll down the Table of Contents for the June 27 issue to find the title link for this article.

This research was made possible by the Prinses Beatrix Fonds and the Stichting FSHD.

Disclosure: The authors report no conflicts of interest.

Received September 28, 2005. Accepted in final form February 28, 2006.

Address correspondence and reprint request to Dr. Mariëlle Wohlgemuth, Department of Neurology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, P.O. Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands; e-mail: m.wohlgemuth{at}neuro.umcn.nl.




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