Modern diagnosis of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 45, Issue 23, 1998, Pages 1308-1315

  Galmiche, J P ^a,c   Scarpignato, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^c HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; GHED; pH metry; PPI test

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ESOPHAGUS PH; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEARTBURN; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH PH; SYMPTOM;

ALGORITHMS; ANTI-ULCER AGENTS; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; OMEPRAZOLE;

EID: 0031766736     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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