Can the combination of symptoms and endoscopy confirm the presence of gastroesophageal reflux disease?

American Surgeon

Volumn 63, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 933-936

  Tefera, Lemeneh ^a   Fein, Martin ^a   Ritter, Manfred P ^a   Bremner, Cedric G ^a   Crookes, Peter F ^a   Peters, Jeffrey H ^a   Hagen, Jeffrey A ^a   Demeester, Tom R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS PH; FEMALE; GASTRODUODENOSTOMY; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEARTBURN; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CHILD; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ESOPHAGEAL STENOSIS; ESOPHAGITIS, PEPTIC; ESOPHAGUS; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; GASTRIC ACID; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEARTBURN; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0030821738     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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