Severe reflux disease is associated with an enlarged unbuffered proximal gastric acid pocket

Gut

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 292-297

  Clarke, A T ^a   Wirz, A A ^a   Manning, J J ^a   Ballantyne, S A ^b   Alcorn, D J ^b   McColl, Kenneth E L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b GARTNAVEL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARIUM MEAL; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CARDIA; CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HIATUS HERNIA; HUMAN; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MALE; MANOMETRY; PH; POSTPRANDIAL STATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; STOMACH ACID; STOMACH ACID SECRETION; STOMACH PH;

ADULT; AGED; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; FASTING; FEMALE; GASTRIC ACID; GASTRIC ACIDITY DETERMINATION; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTPRANDIAL PERIOD; STOMACH;

EID: 39649122391     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.2006.109421     Document Type: Article

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