Relationship of the frequency scale for symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disease with endoscopic findings of cardiac sphincter morphology

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 798-802

  Tsuboi, Kazuto ^a   Omura, Nobuo ^a   Yano, Fumiaki ^a   Kashiwagi, Hideyuki ^a   Yanaga, Katsuhiko ^a  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anatomic functional pathological classification; Frequency scale for the symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disease; Gastroesophageal reflux disease; Reflux esophagitis; Valvefactor

Indexed keywords

FACTOR A;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESOPHAGITIS; FEMALE; FREQUENCY SCALE FOR SYMPTOMS OF GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROSCOPY; HIATUS HERNIA; HUMAN; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; CARDIA; COHORT STUDIES; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER, LOWER; ESOPHAGITIS, PEPTIC; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HERNIA, HIATAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 55349145943     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: 14355922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00535-008-2228-z     Document Type: Article

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