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Improved Swallowing Function after Zinc Supplementation in the Elderly

2020-12-11

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<h4>Background: </h4> Zinc is an essential micronutrient for maintaining biological activity. The level of zinc in the blood is known to decrease with age, especially in those over 75 years of age. In elderly patients with impaired functional status, aspiration pneumonia based on dysphagia often becomes problematic. However, the relationship between zinc deficiency and swallowing function has not been studied befo...

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Literature Corpus work: b2cb3237-0b28-56ce-9014-ac87680b9a5c
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-115572/v1

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