Reflux rising! An essay on witnessing a disease in evolution

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 163-168

  Bardhan, K D ^a   Royston, C ^a   Nayyar, A K ^a  

^a Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Demography; Erosive oesophagitis; Gastro oesophageal reflux disease; Non erosive reflux

Indexed keywords

HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS HEMORRHAGE; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEARTBURN; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; SEX RATIO; UNITED KINGDOM; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; WRITING; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGED; ENGLAND; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33746044253     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2005.10.011     Document Type: Article

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