Medical therapy of gastroesophageal reflux and management of esophageal strictures

Surgical Clinics of North America

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1041-1062

  Wo, J M ^a   Waring, J P ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTACID AGENT; CISAPRIDE; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; METOCLOPRAMIDE; OMEPRAZOLE; PROKINETIC AGENT; SUCRALFATE;

ASTHMA; COUGHING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ESOPHAGUS DILATATION; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; LARYNGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0030822617     PISSN: 00396109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-6109(05)70604-6     Document Type: Article

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