Review article: The role of the hiatus hernia in gastro-oesophageal reflux disease

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 719-732

  Gordon, C ^a   Kang, J Y ^a   Neild, P J ^a   Maxwell, J D ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LANSOPRAZOLE; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; ESOPHAGUS MUCOSA; EXPOSURE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HIATUS HERNIA; HUMAN; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER PRESSURE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; REVIEW; SWALLOWING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; INCIDENCE; MANOMETRY; METHODOLOGY; OBESITY; PATHOLOGY; PERISTALSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; STOMACH ACID;

ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; GASTRIC ACID; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HERNIA, HIATAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MANOMETRY; OBESITY; PERISTALSIS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 4844231155     PISSN: 02692813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2004.02149.x     Document Type: Review

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