Importance of vertebral fracture and body mass index in the pathogenesis of gastroesophageal reflux disease

Internal Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 1551-1553

  Iwakiri, Ryuichi ^a   Fujimoto, Kazuma ^a  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Hiatal hernia; Japanese; Menopause; Reflux esophagitis

Indexed keywords

BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EDITORIAL; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROSCOPY; HIATUS HERNIA; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; KYPHOSIS; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATHOGENESIS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; KYPHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RISK; SEX FACTORS; SPINAL FRACTURES;

EID: 56349158317     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.47.1388     Document Type: Editorial

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