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Difficulty Swallowing

Monica Kalra, DO
Erinn Pemberton, MD

American Family Physician. 2025;112(2):205-206.

Author disclosure: No relevant financial relationships.

MONICA KALRA, DO, FAAFP, and ERINN PEMBERTON, MD, Memorial Family Medicine Residency, Sugar Land, Texas

Address correspondence to Monica Kalra, DO, at monica.kalra@memorialhermann.org.

Author disclosure: No relevant financial relationships.

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