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Presbyesophagus presented with chronic intermittent dysphagia

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  1. Department of Internal Medicine, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Botros Shenoda & Kathleen C. Degen

  2. Department of Internal Medicine, Abington-Jefferson Hospital, 1200 Old York Road, Abington, PA, 19001, USA

    William Ford

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Shenoda, B., Degen, K.C. & Ford, W. Presbyesophagus presented with chronic intermittent dysphagia. Aging Clin Exp Res 31, 1343–1346 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40520-018-1080-0

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