Assessment of relationship between acid reflux and heartburn using receiver operating characteristic curves

Gastroenterology Clinics of North America

Volumn 31, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2002, Pages

  Steinbach, Joseph ^a   Fass, Ronnie ^b   Mittal, Ravinder K ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ARIZONA VA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

ACID SECRETION; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; ESOPHAGUS PH; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEARTBURN; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PROBABILITY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REVIEW; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0036895575     PISSN: 08898553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0889-8553(02)00039-0     Document Type: Review

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