Clinical characteristics of gastroesophageal reflux disease in Japan

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 56, Issue 93, 2009, Pages 1032-1034

  Yamagishi, Hatsushi ^a   Koike, Tomoyuki ^a   Ohara, Shuichi ^a   Abe, Yasuhiko ^a   Iijima, Katsunori ^a   Imatani, Akira ^a   Kato, Katsuaki ^b   Shibuya, Daisuke ^b   Aida, Shigemitsu ^c   Shimosegawa, Tooru ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b MIYAGI CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^c SENDAI CITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endoscopically suspected esophageal metaplasia; Gastroesophageal reflux disease; Heartburn; Japanese non clinical cases; Reflux esophagitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHAGIA; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGEAL METAPLASIA; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEARTBURN; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; METAPLASIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; SYMPTOM; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 70350491905     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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