Reflux esophagitis patients in Singapore have motor and acid exposure abnormalities similar to patients in the Western hemisphere

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1186-1191

  Ho, Khek Yu ^a,c   Kang, Jin Yong ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b JAMES PAGET UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS FUNCTION; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; SINGAPORE; STOMACH ACID SECRETION;

ADULT; AGED; CHINA; ESOPHAGITIS, PEPTIC; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; GASTRIC ACID; GASTRINS; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; SINGAPORE;

EID: 0033135532     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.1999.01063.x     Document Type: Article

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