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Muscle disorders affecting oral and pharyngeal swallowing Safwan Jaradeh, M.D.Key Points Dysphagia is often underestimated in neuromuscular disorders. It can be prominent in dystrophies, inflammatory myopathy, mitochondrial myopathy, myasthenia, motor neuron diseases, and peripheral neuropathy. Among muscular dystrophies, oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy and myotonic dystrophy are most commonly associated with dysphagia. Among inflammatory myopathies, the polymyositis associated with connective tissue disease and inclusion body myositis are most likely associated with dysphagia. Myasthenia