Drooling is no early sign of dysphagia in Parkinson's disease.

Julie Cläre NienstedtC BuhmannM BihlerA NiessenR PlaetkeC GerloffC Pflug

Published in: Neurogastroenterology and motility : the official journal of the European Gastrointestinal Motility Society (2017)

Although frequent in PD, drooling and dysphagia are only weakly related and drooling cannot be viewed as an early sign of dysphagia. Our data further suggest that the underlying cause of drooling is located in the voluntary oral phase, which is negatively influenced by cognitive deficits.

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