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  1. Department of Otolaryngology-Head Neck Surgery, University of Padua, Padua, Italy

    Rosario Marchese-Ragona MD, Domenico A. Restivo MD, Gino Marioni MD & Alberto Stafheri MD

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Marchese-Ragona, R., Restivo, D.A., Marioni, G. et al. Valsalva and the Upper Esophageal Sphincter. Dysphagia 17, 250–251 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00455-002-0066-3

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