Response to Letter to the Editor Regarding the Article Entitled "Treatment Effects for Dysphagia in Adults with Multiple Sclerosis: A Systematic Review"

Hans Bogaardt; Dalal Alali; Kirrie Ballard

doi:10.1007/s00455-020-10219-7

Response to Letter to the Editor Regarding the Article Entitled "Treatment Effects for Dysphagia in Adults with Multiple Sclerosis: A Systematic Review"

Dysphagia. 2021 Dec;36(6):1116-1117. doi: 10.1007/s00455-020-10219-7. Epub 2020 Nov 27.

Authors

Hans Bogaardt^{1

2}, Dalal Alali³, Kirrie Ballard⁴

Affiliations

¹ Sydney School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia. hans.bogaardt@sydney.edu.au.
² Department of Speech Pathology, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Sydney School of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia. hans.bogaardt@sydney.edu.au.
³ Department of Communication Disorders Sciences, College of Life Sciences, Kuwait University, Kuwait City, Kuwait.
⁴ Sydney School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.

PMID: 33245423
DOI: 10.1007/s00455-020-10219-7

Abstract

This letter is a response to the Letter to the Editor by Ghaemi et al. (2020), in which we discuss the comments made by Ghaemi et al. and conclude that, despite a minor error in wording, our systematic review provided an accurate reflection of the literature at that point in time.

Keywords: Deglutition; Dysphagia; Multiple sclerosis; Systematic review; Treatment.

Publication types

Letter
Comment

MeSH terms

Adult
Deglutition Disorders* / etiology
Humans
Multiple Sclerosis* / complications