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Query: UNIPROT:P01889 (ankylosing spondylitis)
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Esophageal involvement in scleroderma is generally confined to the body, manifested manometrically as impaired motility and decreased lower esophageal sphincter tone. Pharyngeal dysfunction has not been recognized. This is a report of a patient with the rare combination of scleroderma and ankylosing spondylitis, whose presenting complaint was transfer dysphagia due to impaired relaxation of the upper esophageal spincter as a result of tight overlying cervical skin, or sclerodermatous involvement of the sphincter itself.
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PMID:Transfer dysphagia in a patient with the rare combination of scleroderma and ankylosing spondylitis. 366 94