Three- to 4.5-year prospective study of prognostic indicators in gastro- oesophageal reflux disease

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1016-1022

  Mcdougall, N I ^a   Johnston, B T ^b   Collins, J S A ^b   Mcfarland, R J ^b   Love, A H G ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Ambulatory oesophageal pH monitoring; Follow up; Gastro oesophageal reflux disease; Prognosis; Reflux oesophagitis; Treatment

Indexed keywords

HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; ESOPHAGUS PH; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTACIDS; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ESOPHAGITIS, PEPTIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTRIC ACIDITY DETERMINATION; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEARTBURN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031731491     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/003655298750026688     Document Type: Article

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