Symptoms and treatment burden of gastroesophageal reflux disease: Validating the GERD assessment scales

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 164, Issue 18, 2004, Pages 2058-2064

  Liu, Jean Y ^a   Woloshin, Steven ^a,b   Laycock, William S ^c   Rothstein, Richard I ^c   Finlayson, Samuel R G ^c   Schwartz, Lisa M ^a,b  

^a VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

EID: 6344231987     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.164.18.2058     Document Type: Review

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