Gastroesophageal pressure gradients in gastroesophageal reflux disease: Relations with hiatal hernia, body mass index, and esophageal acid exposure

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1349-1354

  De Vries, Durk R ^a   Van Herwaarden, Margot A ^a   Smout, André J P M ^a   Samsom, Melvin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; EXPIRATORY FLOW; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HIATUS HERNIA; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HERNIA, HIATAL; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 44949259822     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01909.x     Document Type: Article

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