Clinical trial: Factors associated with resolution of heartburn in patients with reflux oesophagitis - Results from the EXPO study

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 959-966

  Labenz, J ^a   Armstrong, D ^b   Zetterstrand, S ^c   Eklund, S ^c   Leodolter, A ^a  

^a Ev Jung Stilling Krankenhaus   (Germany)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESOMEPRAZOLE; PANTOPRAZOLE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEARTBURN; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

2-PYRIDINYLMETHYLSULFINYLBENZIMIDAZOLES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-ULCER AGENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ESOPHAGITIS, PEPTIC; FEMALE; HEARTBURN; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OMEPRAZOLE; PROTON PUMP INHIBITORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63849142677     PISSN: 02692813     EISSN: 13652036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2009.03962.x     Document Type: Article

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