A prospective study of the prevalence of gastroesophageal reflux disease and confounding factors

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 866-872

  Shimazu, Takenori ^a,b   Matsui, Toshiyuki ^a   Furukawa, Keiichi ^a,b   Oshige, Kaname ^a   Mitsuyasu, Tomoko ^a   Kiyomizu, Akihiko ^a,b   Ueki, Toshiharu ^a   Yao, Tsuneyoshi ^a  

^a Fukuoka University Chikushi Hospital   (Japan)

^b Higuchi Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Functions of the gastroesophageal junction; Gastroesophageal flap valve; Gastroesophageal reflux disease; Reflux esophagitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ESOPHAGUS FUNCTION; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GENDER; HUMAN; JAPAN; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 27244434335     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: 14355922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00535-005-1670-4     Document Type: Article

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