"Our study demonstrated that profound impairments in swallowing are extremely common within the first year of life. This of course has tremendous clinical relevance as it highlights the importance of ...

Children with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a rare autosomal recessive disease that results in progressive muscle weakness and atrophy, can suffer the concerning consequences of dysphagia, which ...

Even with early treatment, infants and toddlers with SMA have problems with swallowing skills compared with healthy children, ...