Size of hiatus hernia correlates with severity of kyphosis, not with obesity, in elderly Japanese women

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 345-350

  Kusano, Motoyasu ^a   Hashizume, Kaoru ^b   Ehara, Youich ^c   Shimoyama, Yasuyuki ^a   Kawamura, Osamu ^d   Mori, Masatomo ^a,d  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Yoshii Central Clinic   (Japan)

^d GUNMA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Elderly; Gastroesophageal flap valve (GEFV); Hiatus hernia; Kyphosis; Makuuchi classification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HIATUS HERNIA; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY MASS INDEX; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HERNIA, HIATAL; HUMANS; JAPAN; KYPHOSIS; MALE; MORBIDITY; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 41349091316     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCG.0b013e318037556c     Document Type: Article

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