Tongue thickness measured by ultrasonography is associated with tongue pressure in the Japanese elderly

• Masahiro Nakamori ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: mnakamori1@gmail.com

  Affiliations Department of Neurology, Suiseikai Kajikawa Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan, Department of Clinical Neuroscience and Therapeutics, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0944-5538

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• Eiji Imamura,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Neurology, Suiseikai Kajikawa Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan

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• Masako Fukuta,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory, Suiseikai Kajikawa Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan

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• Keisuke Tachiyama,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Department of Neurology, Suiseikai Kajikawa Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan, Department of Clinical Neuroscience and Therapeutics, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan

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• Teppei Kamimura,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Department of Neurology, Suiseikai Kajikawa Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan, Department of Clinical Neuroscience and Therapeutics, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan

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• Yuki Hayashi,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Department of Neurology, Suiseikai Kajikawa Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan, Department of Clinical Neuroscience and Therapeutics, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan

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• Hayato Matsushima,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Neurology, Suiseikai Kajikawa Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan

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• Kanami Ogawa,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory, Suiseikai Kajikawa Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan

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• Masami Nishino,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory, Suiseikai Kajikawa Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan

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• Akiko Hirata,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory, Suiseikai Kajikawa Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan

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• Tatsuya Mizoue,

  Roles Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Suiseikai Kajikawa Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan

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• Shinichi Wakabayashi

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Suiseikai Kajikawa Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan

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