Dysphagia in Adult Japanese Is Not Equivalent to the Grade of Endoscopic Reflux Esophagitis

Internal Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 1951-1956

  Yoshihara, Kumiko ^a   Yamaguchi, Kanako ^a   Kuroki, Tsukasa ^a   Takashima, Tooru ^a   Inoue, Norie ^a   Sakata, Hiroyuki ^a   Tsunada, Seiji ^a   Shiraishi, Ryosuke ^a   Mannen, Kotaro ^a   Fujise, Takehiro ^a   Nakayama, Masayuki ^a   Shimoda, Ryo ^a   Iwakiri, Ryuichi ^a   Fujimoto, Kazuma ^a  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acid regurgitation; Heartburn; Los Angeles Classification; Nursing stuff; Odynophagia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADULT; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; ESOPHAGITIS, PEPTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 38749145961     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.46.0301     Document Type: Article

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