Ingestion of acidic foods mimics gastroesophageal reflux during pH monitoring

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1916-1920

  Agrawal, Amit ^a   Tutuian, Radu ^a   Hila, Amine ^a   Freeman, Janice ^a   Castell, Donald O ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acidic food; Gastroesophageal reflux disease; pH monitoring

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; CARBONATED BEVERAGE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MALE; MEAL; NORMAL HUMAN; PH ELECTRODE; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STOMACH PH;

ADULT; BEVERAGES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EATING; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; FOOD; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, AMBULATORY;

EID: 26244447379     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-005-2961-6     Document Type: Article

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