Description
Book SynopsisRare Disorders that Cause Dysphagia: A Guide for Speech-Language Pathologists is a resource manual to help medical speech-language pathologists identify the rare disorders that cause dysphagia and offer practical, therapeutic approaches to treatment. Most medical speech-language pathologists are acquainted with common etiologies of dysphagia, such as strokes, head injury, brain tumors, etc. However, there are less common disorders and syndromes that contribute to dysphagia that are not included in most textbooks and reference guides. Consequently, many clinicians who specialize in swallowing disorders are unaware of the impact that most uncommon diseases can have on swallowing. Clearly organized, each chapter is divided into six sections: Definition, History, Etiology, Epidemiology, Clinical Manifestations of Dysphagia, and Management of Dysphagia. Each chapter begins with a list of key terms that are bolded throughout the text and included in a glossary.
Table of ContentsIntroduction Acknowledgments Reviewers Chapter 1. Plummer-Vinson Syndrome Chapter 2. Niemann-Pick Disease Type C Chapter 3. Stuve-Wiedemann Syndrome Chapter 4. Congenital Esophageal Stenosis Chapter 5. Sporadic Inclusion Body Myositis Chapter 6. Moebius Syndrome Chapter 7. Ataxia Telangiectasia Chapter 8. Pontocerebellar Hypoplasia Chapter 9. Fahr's Syndrome Chapter 10. Biotin-Responsive Basal Ganglia Disease Chapter 11. Pompe Disease Chapter 12. Nemaline Myopathy Chapter 13. Immunoglobulin G4-Related Disease Chapter 14. Esophageal Atresia Chapter 15. Wallenberg's Syndrome Glossary Index
