Changes, functional disorders, and diseases in the gastrointestinal tract of elderly Cambios, dolencias funcionales y enfermedades en el sistema gastrointestinal en personas mayores
This article describes changes in the basic digestive functions (motility, secretion, intraluminal digestion, absorption) that occur during aging. Elderly individuals frequently have oropharyngeal muscle dysmotility and altered swallowing of food. Reductions in esophageal peristalsis and lower esoph...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Arán Ediciones, S. L.
2011-08-01
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| Series: | Nutrición Hospitalaria |
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| Online Access: | http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0212-16112011000400001 |