Heartburn requiring frequent antacid use may indicate significant illness

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 158, Issue 21, 1998, Pages 2373-2376

  Robinson, Malcolm ^a   Earnest, David ^b   Rodriguez Stanley, Sheila ^a   Greenwood Van Meerveld, Beverley ^a   Jaffe, Philip ^b   Silver, Marianne T ^c   Kleoudis, Christi S ^c   Wilson, Lynn E ^c   Murdoch, Robert H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTACID AGENT; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; ESOPHAGUS PH; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEARTBURN; HIATUS HERNIA; HUMAN; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF MEDICATION;

EID: 0032561660     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.158.21.2373     Document Type: Article

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