Clinical consequences of silent gastroesophageal reflux disease

Current Gastroenterology Reports

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 195-201

  Fass, Ronnie ^a   Dickman, Ram ^b  

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

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CLINICAL FEATURE; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP DISORDER;

ANIMALS; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 33744977197     PISSN: 15228037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11894-006-0075-8     Document Type: Review

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