Natural course of gastroesophageal reflux disease: 17-22 year follow-up of 60 patients

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 37-41

  Isolauri, Jouko ^a   Luostarinen, Markku ^a   Isolauri, Erika ^a,b   Reinikainen, Pekka ^a   Viljakka, Mikko ^a,b   Keyriläinen, Olavi ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; ANTACID AGENT; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; OMEPRAZOLE; RANITIDINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIREFLUX OPERATION; ARTICLE; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CINERADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS BIOPSY; ESOPHAGUS PH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HIATUS HERNIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; BIOPSY; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEARTBURN; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0031022019     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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