Prevalence and natural history of gastroesophageal reflux: Pediatric prospective survey

Pediatrics

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 779-783

  Campanozzi, Angelo ^a   Boccia, Gabriella ^b   Pensabene, Licia ^c   Panetta, Fabio ^d   Marseglia, Antonio ^a   Strisciuglio, Pietro ^c   Barbera, Cristiana ^e   Magazzu, Giuseppe ^d   Pettoello Mantovani, Massimo ^a   Staiano, Annamaria ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; GER; GERD; Infants; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGITIS; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEALTH SURVEY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILK; MILK INTOLERANCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; AGE; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; ITALY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; STATISTICS;

AGE FACTORS; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ESOPHAGITIS, PEPTIC; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; ITALY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 63149143965     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-3569     Document Type: Article

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