The relationship between obesity and GERD: "Big or overblown"

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1355-1357

  Pandolfino, John E ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MECHANICAL STRESS; OBESITY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

BODY MASS INDEX; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; OBESITY; PRESSURE; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 44949165393     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01916.x     Document Type: Review

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