Relationship between obesity and gastroesophageal reflux disease as recorded by 3-hour esophageal pH monitoring

Romanian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 117-121

  Kouklakis, Georgios ^c   Moschos, John ^b,d   Kountouras, Jannis ^a   Mpoumponaris, Alexandros ^b   Molyvas, Epaminondas ^b   Minopoulos, Georgios ^c  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b 424 General Army Hospital   (Greece)

^c DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^d NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Body mass index; DeMeester score; Gastroesophageal reflux; Obesity; pH monitoring

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGUS PH; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEARTBURN; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; SCORING SYSTEM; TIME;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTRIC ACID; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GREECE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INCIDENCE; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; OBESITY; POSTPRANDIAL PERIOD; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 21644477210     PISSN: 12214167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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