The investigators aimed to review the natural history of dysphagia and dysphonia in OPMD in order to identify the best candidates and the proper timing to perform dysphagia alleviating procedures in both heterozygote and homozygote patients from the large pool of cases with this disease in Israel.
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Dysphagia, quality of life. Proper intervention timing in OPMD based on knowledge about the natural history of the feeding difficulty.
Timeframe: at least 3 years