Increased esophageal sensitivity to acid and saline in patients with nonerosive gastro-esophageal reflux disease

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 891-895

  Nagahara, Akihito ^a   Miwa, Hiroto ^b   Minoo, Toshoku ^a   Hojo, Mariko ^a   Kawabe, Masato ^a   Osada, Taro ^a   Kurosawa, Akihiko ^a   Asaoka, Daisuke ^a   Terai, Takeshi ^a   Ohkusa, Toshifumi ^a   Sato, Nobuhiro ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bernstein test; GERD; NERD; Nonerosive reflux disease; Perception

Indexed keywords

ACID; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; ESOPHAGEAL PH MONITORING; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PERFUSION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

EID: 33750627764     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mcg.0000225673.76475.9d     Document Type: Article

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